BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee (#)
„Are there other factors that influence the level of world coffee production? Sometimes storms, a late frost, crop disease, war, exchange rate fluctuations or other unpredictable events can force coffee farmers out of business. While at other times, centralised political decisions to produce more or less will affect output levels. Small farmers are often encouraged to grow more coffee by governments eager to boost their exports earnings.“
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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 - BBC Four Profile - Howard Schultz
„The murmurs of upmarket chat, the clicks of a neighbour's laptop, the buzz of a mobile phone, and all around the aroma of roasting coffee beans. It's the 21st century and if you're one of Howard Schultz's coffee converts, you're no doubt sitting in a Starbucks. Coffee with fries?“
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BBC NEWS | Business | Coffee buzz lifts wartorn Rwanda
„ Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee “
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„The seeds of this shrub, which belongs to the Madder family , are called coffee, as is the beverage made from them, produced by passing boiled water through a filter containing ground roasted coffee beans. It can be consumed warm or cold and in any of the following styles: instant, filter, cappuccino , espresso (so strong you are only allowed 5ml at any one time, and it must be served in a steel reinforced cup), mocha , latte, or any combination of these with the word 'double' attached somewhere. Some drink their coffee with cream and sugar, others with milk and sugar ; but purists claim the only way to drink a cup of 'Joe' is black... with or without sugar.Columbia is not the only country to produce fine grains of ambrosia.“
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