Comments on: Fair Trade Coffee Pros and Cons http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/ because bad coffee sucks Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Stephy Garmola http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Stephy Garmola Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:43:25 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-1424 Hey!. This is all about taste. I completely agree with you regarding \"ade Coffee Pros and Cons | The Best Cup Of Coffee - Coffee Information\", but I think you are in the thin line of thinling. Don\'t you? Maybe you can try which companies produce fair trade chocolate Hey!. This is all about taste. I completely agree with you regarding \”ade Coffee Pros and Cons | The Best Cup Of Coffee – Coffee Information\”, but I think you are in the thin line of thinling. Don\’t you? Maybe you can try which companies produce fair trade chocolate

]]> By: Ron Cortez http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Ron Cortez Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:23 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-57 Hello Everybody, I am a coffee roaster in Tempe,Arizona but I grew up picking coffee in Costa Rica and Panama. I lived different Fair Trade issues than most of you, on my own in the other side of the world. there are flaws in Fair trade certification in particular quality, credility and the cost associated with participating in the program. We tell customers to buy coffee from farmers that live far away and need our help but we should tell our customers to buy coffee from farmers because they grow better coffee. Most farmers now have to deliver there cherries to a coop in order to get the coffee processed for export. By mixing coffees from different parcels you are blending the guys with good farming practices and slow growing varietals with the ones that may not pay as mucha attention to quality. Most of the farmers cannot pay the fees and cannot produce what is required to ship directly to a big roaster. I see a mismatch between small quality oriented growers with small quality oriented roasters. We need to find alternatives to change that and one of them is www.morethanfair.org I buy now most of my coffee directly from growers in one bag increments from wharehouses in the US. Check them out. Hello Everybody, I am a coffee roaster in Tempe,Arizona but I grew up picking coffee in Costa Rica and Panama. I lived different Fair Trade issues than most of you, on my own in the other side of the world. there are flaws in Fair trade certification in particular quality, credility and the cost associated with participating in the program. We tell customers to buy coffee from farmers that live far away and need our help but we should tell our customers to buy coffee from farmers because they grow better coffee. Most farmers now have to deliver there cherries to a coop in order to get the coffee processed for export. By mixing coffees from different parcels you are blending the guys with good farming practices and slow growing varietals with the ones that may not pay as mucha attention to quality. Most of the farmers cannot pay the fees and cannot produce what is required to ship directly to a big roaster. I see a mismatch between small quality oriented growers with small quality oriented roasters. We need to find alternatives to change that and one of them is http://www.morethanfair.org I buy now most of my coffee directly from growers in one bag increments from wharehouses in the US. Check them out.

]]> By: Roast Master http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Roast Master Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:31:42 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-47 Absolutely it is Scott! I'll be checking out your site later today! dave Absolutely it is Scott! I’ll be checking out your site later today!

dave

]]> By: Scott James http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Scott James Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:07:31 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-46 You’ve heard of fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate but Fair Trade Sports is tackling a new arena, eco-certified sports equipment. - Scott James Fair Trade Sports www.fairtradesports.com You’ve heard of fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate but Fair Trade Sports is tackling a new arena, eco-certified sports equipment.

- Scott James
Fair Trade Sports
http://www.fairtradesports.com

]]> By: Roast Master http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Roast Master Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:02:05 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-42 yes.....recently...In our local newspaper. Sure, and its been debated for far longer than the scaa conference in Oakland. yes…..recently…In our local newspaper. Sure, and its been debated for far longer than the scaa conference in Oakland.

]]> By: tedl http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-41 tedl Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:57:56 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-41 Re: "Fair Trade came under fire recently" Recently? Isn't that a bit of historical revisionism? Fair Trade has been under fire from half the coffee industry since its debate at the 1991 SCAA conference at the Claremont Hotel in Oakland. Who are you trying to kid here? Re: “Fair Trade came under fire recently”

Recently? Isn’t that a bit of historical revisionism? Fair Trade has been under fire from half the coffee industry since its debate at the 1991 SCAA conference at the Claremont Hotel in Oakland. Who are you trying to kid here?

]]> By: Susan Kishner http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Susan Kishner Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:13:40 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-23 Can you tell me who did your layout? I've been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you. Can you tell me who did your layout? I’ve been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you.

]]> By: Fair Trade Coffee Pros and Cons : businessuu http://www.thebestcupofcoffee.com/2008/08/26/fair-trade-coffee-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Fair Trade Coffee Pros and Cons : businessuu Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:12:27 +0000 http://thebestcupofcoffee.com/?p=39#comment-22 [...] Original post by Roast Master [...] [...] Original post by Roast Master [...]

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