BBC News | BUSINESS | Starbucks takes on its critics

BBC News | BUSINESS | Starbucks takes on its critics ()

  „But this was the company's day, and it wasn't going to let noisy speeches and a few leaflets detract from its success story. Along with the standard free bag of coffee beans, shareholders were treated to the kind of razzmatazz one expects from such a high-profile, global company - the largest retailer of gourmet coffee in the world. South American musicians performed live on stage, while behind them, enormous screens showed videos of thriving Third World farmers. Sports stars extolled the company's virtues, and Starbucks employees - stepping in time to the uplifting music from the film "Chariots of Fire" - paraded the flags of the 25 nations that now house the company's coffee outlets.“

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  „Then we dump the rest into a pitcher and keep it in the fridge. Drink it cold instead of sodas or on mornings when I'm too rushed to make a fresh carafe. A pound of good, whole coffee beans costs a little more than two Starbucks drinks, and lasts for at least two or three weeks, depending on your rate of consumption.“

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  „From bush to supermarket, some coffee beans can change hands as many as 150 times. Most coffee farmers sell their coffee beans to local coffee dealers who will transport and store the coffee beans until they sell it on, sometimes to other dealers.“

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  „He said Ethiopian government plans to protect three forest fragments have foundered for lack of cash. Arabica beans are so widely used they are the most valuable international commodity after oil. Most of the coffee is grown on plantations outside Ethiopia from a handful of cultivated varieties created from a few individual bushes. But these plantations are at risk from disease, such as the coffee rust that hit Brazil in the 1970s.“

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