Bike hatin’ at Starbucks -
[green LA girl] For ex, Larry was told in an LA Starbucks that Cafe Estima wasn’t being brewed today, then told that the coffee labelled Verona was actually Estima. Hmmm”¦ Now Starbucks Gossip reports that one customer was told by a barista in Manhattan: “We’ve been asking them to send us some for days but they won’t send us any and they won’t let us change the sign, so we’re brewing espresso instead.
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
[Cityhippy.blogspot.com] City Hippy: The diary of our struggle to live a green and fair life.: If you poke around on the Starbucks website, you'll see that they explain that all of their coffee is "fairly traded." They do maintain their own ethical standards with regard to the coffee beans they purchase.
[Blogging.la] Metroblogging Los Angeles: Starbucks Challenge: I checked a couple of my local Starbucks -- They do indeed have Cafe Estima (the "rebranded" name of Starbucks' fair trade coffee) brewing. This isn't true, however, for some of the other stores around the country that challengers have dropped into -- It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, both during and after this "fair trade week" --
[Chrissilvey.com] Detour » Organic Fair Trade Price Discrimination: For ex., a few years back, a bunch of activists complained to Borders (which .Even Starbucks’ fair trade blend ”” Cafe Estima ”” is priced for under $10 an .
[Fluxing.net] Claire Hawley: Yukon Blend is not Café Estima: This week at work, the coffee of the week was supposed to Serena Organic Blend as our mild and Café Estima Fair Trade Blend for our dark roast. I was pretty excited about this as selling more fair trade coffee at my store is my newest crusade.
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Fairtrade, Open Coffee Library
Posted at October 21, 2006 12:57 AM
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