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„The company buys organic coffee for about $1.40 a pound directly from farmers' coops in Mexico, Guatemala, and Ethiopia. Then Peace Coffee turns around and sells it to American consumers at high-end markets and natural food stores in resealable bags that feature the company's logo -- a mandala-like turtle shell based on the mythological symbol for the union between the earth and spirit worlds. The prices the company pays farmers are set according to international Fair Trade standards, which guarantee the farmers a minimum rate of at least $1.26 per pound (www.fairtradeffederation). That's nearly three times as much money as they would ordinarily get from exploitative middlemen known as coyotes, whom many were previously forced to rely upon to get their crops to the big companies that ultimately market coffee to American consumers.“
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„Ethiopia's problems are relatively simple to understand. Because the Ethiopian coffee industry, like many others, depends mainly on the work of small-holding farmers with virtually no access to technology and a limited supporting infrastructure (most Ethiopia farmers literally must carry their coffee to the mill on their heads), production costs are relatively high. And, as we know, prices paid farmers for green coffee are now at an all-time low. Which means that, for Ethiopia, income from the sale of coffee simply does not cover the total cost of production.“
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„After being invited for the first time to compete against the world's finest specialty coffees, Fair Trade brews from Ethiopia, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica finished in the top five in each of their country's competitions. Transfair USA brought over 75 farmers from thirteen countries to the Boston event where they successfully offered their hand-sown beans to roasters and green-coffee buyers.“
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„Other origins include Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Bolivia and Indonesia. Coffees imported through American (U.S.A.) importers includes Ethiopia“
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„Shot in Guatemala, Brazil, Kona and Ethiopia, The The Passionate Harvest takes a detailed look at the inner workings of the diverse processes involved in coffee production, emphasizing the enormous amount of effort and care required to produce quality coffee, and highlighting some of the issues and decision points that affect final cup quality and character. This video is a co-production by Bruce Milletto and Kenneth Davids, two industry experts.“
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„Tapachula, Chiapas. Coffee-growing state in southern Mexico. The best Chiapas coffees are grown in the southeast corner of the state near the border with Guatemala, and may bear the market name Tapachula after the town of that name. At their best, Tapachula or Chiapas coffees display the brisk acidity, delicate flavor, and light to medium body of the better known Mexican coffees of Oaxaca and Vera Cruz States.“
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