BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee (#)
„Seen in isolation, it is probably good advice. But if many countries and many farmers are advised to produce more when coffee prices are high, the end result is invariably a slump in world coffee prices caused by a dramatic oversupply of coffee on the world market. Coffee traders in the financial markets are also often blamed for causing the world coffee price to fluctuate by placing speculative and sometimes market-moving bets on tomorrow's prices in the financial futures market. What are the consequences for coffee producers?“
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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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„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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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Coffee crisis in Ethiopia
„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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BBC - iCan - - A1978752 - Making all trade Fair Trade
„The result of this competition has driven the cost of raw coffee beans to a 30 year low, with growers receiving less than cost price for their beans. Such competition presently benefits the roasters (the main ones being Nestlé, Philip Morris-Kraft, Procter and Gamble and Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts). Nestlé is reported to make 26% profit on its processed coffee (more than most other products on the supermarket shelves). Competition on price is driving people into poverty.“
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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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