About Fair Trade Certified Coffee

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„Launching the Café Revive Fairtrade blend across 198 outlets in September 2004, David Gregory, Head of Food Technology at Marks & Spencer, said: ”In the same way that we changed to using only free-range eggs in all our products, we are switching to Fairtrade coffee in response to demand from our customers. All coffee sold in our chain of Café Revives will be certified by the Fairtrade Foundation. Its unique quality will remain the same.” One of the aims of the Fairtrade oundation’s three-year push is to emphasise that switching to Fairtrade does not mean any concession on quality.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„In the September Fair-Trade article we wrote that in North America Fair-Trade-certified coffees are available from only three non-Latin-American origins: Sumatra, the Yirgacheffe/Sidamo region of Ethiopia, and the Harrar region of Ethiopia, and furthermore that these coffees have been available here for only two years. Beth Ann Caspersen, Quality Control Officer for Equal Exchange, a distinguished green coffee dealer and roasting company, points out that, in fact, there are three additional Fair-Trade origins available in North America: East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and Tanzania. Beth Ann goes on to write that: "non-Latin American Fair Trade coffees have been sold on the U.S. market for much longer than two years.“

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www.coffeereview.com - the worlds leading coffee buying guide - Fair-Trade Coffees (#)

„The fair-trade strategy instead tries to raise the consciousness of consumers through publicizing both the problem and the fair-trade solution, while appealing to peoples' tendency to want to feel good about what they consume. The long term goal, I assume, would be to capture the public imagination to the point that it would be difficult to sell a coffee, at least a specialty coffee, without the Fair-Trade Certified seal, just as it is difficult today to sell a can of tuna without the Dolphin Safe seal. As for quality, fair-traders argue that, if growers are paid more, they at least will have a bit more freedom to consider issues of quality, a freedom which they don't enjoy under present market arrangements.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Fair-traded coffees are certified to have been produced by democratically run cooperatives whose members have been guaranteed a "fair" price for their coffees based on an internationally determined formula. Some of the extra money paid by coffee lovers for Fair-Trade coffees is used to promote the Fair-Trade principle in consuming countries, but most of the premium reaches the farmers directly. Almost all Fair-Trade coffees are also certified organically grown and many are shade-grown.“

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Tiny Joy, a home coffee roasting newsletter from Sweet Maria's Coffee (#)

„Many people have discussed this as an insurance policy for farmers, and since the actual premiums for cup quality will remain, as they do now, we wouldn’t be doing harm to the great cup we love while insuring a decent existence for those who make it all possible. We also are Fair Trade certified by Transfair, we buy Auction Lot coffees and market-independent coffees (the vast majority of our offerings fall into this category), and we donate on a per Lb. basis back to organizations like Coffee Kids, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Red Cross.“

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Tea & Coffee 03/03 - World News (#)

„It enables farmers to keep children in school, feed their families, improve healthcare and housing and invest in improving the quality of their coffee. Environmentally, an estimated 85% of Fair Trade Certified coffee in the US is also Certified Organic and most is grown under the canopy of bird-friendly shade trees, protecting wildlife habitats and the soil. Fair Trade Certified Coffee, currently sourced from 22 different countries, means quality - for coffee drinkers, farmers and the environment.”“

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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles (#)

„Despite all of the above, I must say that my personal favorite origin coffee does not have a unique, specific flavor tone—nor is it a certified organic or fair trade coffee, and I have never been anywhere near the region where it is grown. When it comes to a day-in and day-out favorite, I love a good cup of Kenyan coffee. A number of flavor tones can be at work in this coffee—citrus, berry, or wine—but these tones generally do not predominate.“

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„Patterson believes consumer support for 100% Fair Trade certified products in the U.S. could ultimately change life for small coffee farmers around the world. But even with their small but growing support today, Fair Trade policies have brought about advancements in healthcare, housing, and education, he notes. In the meantime, Peace Coffee is working on its mission at its own, organic pace.“

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The Coffees of Nicaragua (#)

„The great origins are Jinotega, Matagalpa and Segovia, both possessing the proper altitude for the highest grade (SHG: Strictly High Grown) growths. This Organic/Fair-Trade certified coffee (name of the best coffees produced at the Prodecoop mill in Esteli) is the epitome of balance and, as the cup cools, increasing power. But let it grow on you, and as the cup cools you get a greater sense of the dimension and great character. The aromas are spicey and sweet, but the cup character is not so mild .“

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Transfair USA | Coffee Program (#)

„You can source the coffees that best meet your needs. Fair Trade Certified coffee is available from 300 cooperatives in 23 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa. TransFair distributes a monthly Green Coffee Availability list to licensed roasters, detailing all the products available through Fair Trade licensed importers.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Certainly the Fair-Trade people have made some progress in this respect. Fewer than two years ago there were no Fair-Trade certified coffees whatsoever available from outside Spanish-speaking Latin America in the American market. Today there are three non-Latin-American Fair-Trade origins available in the U.S. - not an atlas-full of coffees, certainly, but a good start.“

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Global Exchange : Fair Trade Coffee (#)

„We believe in a total transformation of the coffee industry, so that all coffee sold in this country should be Fair Trade Certified, or if produced on a plantation, that workers' rights should be guaranteed and independently monitored. Our view includes social justice and environmental sustainability: all coffee should be certified organic and shade grown where applicable.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Green Coffee Beans: Fair Trade Organic Guatemala Forestal Tajumulco, 2 Lbs. (#)

„Recommended roast: medium to Full City or French. We are committed to providing only Fair Trade certified green coffee. Purchasing Fair Trade guarantees the growers were paid a fair and living wage for the coffee they labored to produce. All of the green coffee we sell was purchased in small lots of only the best quality arabica beans.“

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Coffee Association of Canada (#)

„Fair Trade certified coffee guarantees growers minimum prices of $1.26 per lb. for regular coffee and $1.41 a lb. for organic coffee, about double the international market price, as well as advanced credit from importers and some technical assistance.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, Fair Trade Coffee (#)

„I've recently learned a little bit about Fair Trade certified coffee. As I understand it, it's a system that pays more money for the beans so that the third-world grower can make an actual living from his coffee crop. This comes from charging more for the coffee than you would pay for similar non-certified coffee.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/general/ 101831 - Cached

Global Exchange : Background (#)

„These fair payments are invested in health care, education, environmental stewardship, and economic independence. Fair Trade Certified coffee is the first product being introduced in the United States with an independently monitored system to ensure that it was produced under fair labor conditions; now we need a movement to demand it!!“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ background.html - Cached

TransFair Canada: Market Info (#)

„For many years, Fair Trade Certified coffee was the primary product sold with a Fair Trade label, mainly in Europe. There are now over 20 types of products imported from developing countries under Fair Trade Certified conditions, and sold in 19 countries in Europe, North America and Japan.“

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Fair Trade Coffee Klatching (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„AUTHOR'S NOTE: If this isn't everything you ever wanted to know about Fair Trade certified coffee, you can learn a lot more from the TransFair website at www.transfair.ca . Where can you purchase Fair Trade certified coffee? Check the website for an outlet near you.“

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View topic - fair trade article - Coffee Forum (#)

„Fair Trade Certified coffee spares farmers from the ups and downs of commodities markets by establishing a minimum price for their product - currently $1.26 a pound for arabica beans, the type preferred by specialty roasters. Independent monitors confirm farms receive the Fair Trade price.“

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Fairtrade | News | Latest (#)

„8 June: Three Fairtrade certified coffee producer groups - Prodecoop, Cecocafen and Sopepexcca, win top prizes at the 2004 Nicaraguan Cup of Excellence Award - see website “

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View topic - Fair Trade Only...Is it possible? - Coffee Forum (#)

„I've tasted some genuinely unpleasant Fair Trade certified coffees. On the other side, the best coffees I've tasted are also FT certified. Certification is an ante to reach a niche audience.“

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View topic - I found a great new coffee company online!!! - Coffee Forum (#)

„The point is that these ARE the certification and licensing fees. Otherwise the fair-trade certified coffees that I just purchased would have been over the $2.00/lb. mark. They weren't.“

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TransFair Canada: Make a Difference (#)

„Lobby to have your school or other municipal institutions adopt policies to purchase only Fair Trade Certified coffee, tea and sugar“

http://www.transfair.ca/en/education/highschool/makeadifference/ - Cached

Fairtrade | Food and drink | Coffee | Buy (#)

„All Progreso Fairtrade espresso blends and house coffees are Fairtrade certified.“

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ products_coffee_buy.htm - Cached