BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee (#)

  „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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BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Laos' fresh coffee hopes

  „The dusty town of Paksong remains Laos' "coffee capital". During the harvest season it is usual to see coffee beans laid out in the road to dry while carts laden with sacks of freshly-picked coffee trundle by. For generations, Nomala Thepboualy's family have kept several acres of coffee beans near the small village of Phou Ouy. On the roads, coffee has right of way "When the French were here our coffee was very popular," says Mr Nomala.“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Coffee farmers 'face destitution'

  „The BBC's Elaine Parke"The price of beans internationally has slumped" real 56k Sergio Amaral, Assoc Coffee Producing Countries"We are going to reduce supply" real 56k The BBC's Helen Wade "The market for coffee is big business but it seems that market is now in crisis" real 56k Wednesday, 16 May, 2001, 11:03 GMT 12:03 UK Coffee farmers 'face destitution' Top prices are charged for coffee in the high street Millions of coffee farmers in developing countries are living in extreme poverty while business corporations in the industry continue to make record profits, according to a report published by the international development charity Oxfam. The report comes ahead of the first World Coffee Conference, a three-day gathering of leading figures in the industry in London, which begins on Thursday. Oxfam fails to address the fundamental economics of the coffee market in the long term British Coffee Association Oxfam is concerned at the growing disparity of wealth between different parts of the coffee industry, following a 60% drop in the value of the crop on international commodity markets in the last three years. The British Coffee Association has dismissed the report's findings at "too short term." Rich versus poor Oxfam says that, in real terms, coffee prices are lower than they have ever been.“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Quality focus boosts coffee growers

  „The coffee market is in the doldrums and prices are low. However, some Bolivian coffee farmers now hope to improve their lot by growing top-quality beans. Andrew Enever reports from Bolivia. Coffee production has been a bad business in recent times.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, Propagating a coffee plant/bush

  „Is it possible to sprout a coffee plant from my green beans? Could I grow a coffee bush in my picture window? I live in ND and could only take it outside about 6 mos.“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Coffee buzz lifts wartorn Rwanda

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