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„Europe, a consistent consumer for decades of medium quality high grown Central Amercian coffees, has started to replace these with steamed robustas, meaning the European coffee quality is sliding, and there is a great lack in demand for these high grown "marginal specialty coffees". You can see how this would severly affect the coffee market, and be a huge part of the low prices coffee farmers are receiving for their crop. The costs of production are fantastically low in Asia, compared to Central America. And you can bet you booty that any type of highly processed coffee beverage made from a powder at your local coffee boutique, such as Mochachino and Caramel Iced Frappelatte are made with Vietnamese Robusta.“
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gepa Fair Trade Company – Europe-wide
„gepa is a member of EFTA (European Fair Trade Association), an association of Fair Trade organizations from all over Europe. The promotion of an accountable and sustainable trade is the objective of EFTA and its members, who by now possess several decades' experience of Fair Trade import. The EFTA members keep contact with more than 700 overseas producer groups. Serving the interests of these partners, their work has contributed essentially to the fact that today, more and more consumers consider the ethical and ecological aspects of their buying decisions.“
http://www.gepa3.de/htdocs_en/fair_trade/ europa_fair.html
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Tips on Coffee - The history of coffee
„By the 18th century, the beverage had become popular in Europe, and European colonists had introduced coffee to tropical countries worldwide as a plantation crop to supply domestic demand. During the 19th century, European demand for coffee was so strong that when genuine coffee beans were scarce, people developed similar-tasting substitutes from various roasted vegetable substances, such as chicory root, dandelion root, acorns, or figs. For example, the British used acorns as a coffee substitute during World War II while German U-boats blockaded Britain. Today, the major coffee-producing regions are tropical South America (Colombia is famous for its coffee), Vietnam, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, and others.“
http://www.tips-on-coffee.com/ print_version.php?s=27
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International Coffee Organization
„As well as the expansion of domestic trade, German roasters have been very active in the export market and though much of the trade has been directed to other Members of the European Community, shipments to Eastern Europe have increased considerably. The domestic market became even more competitive during 1994 and 1995. Price reductions reflected not only world market falls but also a narrowing of margins in a period of dampened consumption.“
http://www.ico.org/libser/german.htm
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Speciality Coffee Association of Europe
„First SCAE Roasters’ Gathering“
http://www.scae.com/ default.asp?page=viewnews&cat=miscellaneous+document&nid=445
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„Home roasters, grinders and coffee makers have been around awhile and have made major inroads into homes in Europe and Japan. But the United States and Canada have lately seen another trend - coffee addicts in search of nirvana installing espresso equipment at their homes, right there in the kitchen or even in the living room! It's a typically North American, individualistic, do-it-yourself kind of thing.“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/2003/july/ at_home.html
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