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  „A: Bill again: “Over 100 coffee roasters have signed on as fair traders and over 8,000 stores supposedly stock fair trade coffee, but it often seems that it is easier to find a brochure about fair trade than it is to find a cup of fair trade coffee. Starbucks’s involvement, however limited, has been a positive for the fair trade movement in terms of consumer awareness. Those of us that are fundamentally committed to this movement just wish that they would use their incredible resources to actually market the product, rather than simply marketing the message. This movement isn’t about positioning your PR campaign, it’s about farmers and families and their ability to put food on the table.“

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International Coffee Organization

  „Stocks of green coffee held by importers, traders and roasters in importing countries, excluding stocks held in free ports.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/03 - Getting the Skinny on Sample Roasters: Part I

  „Well, you have to realize that there’s no way on a single method machine that it’s going to be able to match roast for roast a machine with many variables. But, when it comes to heat transfer, I think it comes darn close to what we all taste in drum roast coffee.“

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Hot Rod Home Coffee Roasters, The Spirit of Invention : Homemade and Seriously Modified!

  „Either they don't offer enough control of the roast, are too expensive, or just don't allow the roaster (uh, the person that is) to express themselves. The homemade or seriously modified commercial roasters on this page are alternately amusing and intimidating in appearance, but whatever the case, they probably work very well. And if they don't, you can bet they will be reconfigured endlessly until they do by their respective owners. A disclaimer on behalf of every roaster on this page: modifying electric and gas roasting equipment is dangerous.“

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