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„There is also growing evidence that consumers can now tell the difference between brands and the battle for coffee supremacy is shaping up between the 'American' and 'Italian' coffee styles. Observer, 12 August 2001The following week the Observer ran a story by Nick Mathiason and Patrick Tooher on the irony between the huge rise in popularity of specialty coffee drinks in the affluent West and the crisis in the coffee producing countries where farmers are being forced to sell their crops below cost: Coffee prices, they wrote, have been in free fall since the peak year of 1995 when the sold for over $4,000 a tonne. And yet the retail price in rich countries is still rising. In real terms, world coffee prices are now less than a quarter of 1970 levels.“
http://www.germinalproductions.co.uk/cafe/ news01.html - Cached
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CoffeeGeek - So You Say There's a Coffee Crisis
„These four companies deliver between 70% and 80% of the coffee sold in the US, and provide a lot of coffee to Europe as well as the more developed Asian countries. The market many popular brands you know: Nescafe, Folgers, Yuban, Maxwell House, and others. They are commonly known as "The Big Four".“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/markprince/ 11-27-2002
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„For its December issue Consumer Reports rated dozens of brands of coffee, decaffeinated and regular. Based on this round of testing, the editors conclude that:“
http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2004/12/ finding-that-perfect-cup-of-coffee.html
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„All the premium brands of coffee equipment, espresso machines, roasters and grinders. You can get your coffee here too.“
http://coffeetea.about.com/od/buyequipment/
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„In 1986 Equal Exchange introduced fair trade to the U.S. coffee industry as a way to create better living conditions and more opportunities for struggling coffee farmers in poor countries. After years of slowly building the fair trade market Equal Exchange has recently been joined by over 100 companies who now offer at least one fair trade certified coffee. The company hopes to duplicate this success within the cocoa trade.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/news_info/ pr8.02.html
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„Hawaii delegation may be approached at SCAA regarding white paper on minimum quality standards for imported coffee into the US. Official position is we're supporting a law that would establish purity and wholesomeness of coffee imported into the US.“
http://www.hawaiicoffeeassoc.org/ 4_3_2002_minutes.htm
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