International Coffee Organization (#)

  „Around 5 per cent of coffee growers sell some of their beans in the sustainable coffee market - organic and fairly-traded - where sales have reached 1.1 million bags a year. Growers fare much better there, receiving 126 cents a pound in the fair-trade system. World output of coffee in the current crop year 2003-4 is expected to be 101.5 million bags, compared with 119.74 million bags in 2002-3.“

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Global Exchange : cctimes082699.html

  „The group argues that many small farmers are impoverished by selling their coffee below market price, and large bean growers are more likely to clear cut rain forests to grow coffee beans. The group then sells raw coffee beans to middlemen called roasters in the United States who toast the beans brown. The roasters sell the beans to retail shops.“

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Coffee Discussion about Espresso, Coffee Beans and Coffee Machines - Coffee Forum

  „Forum and News for people in the coffee industry and looking to get into it such as coffee shop owners, coffee bean growers, sales, conventions, shops, equipment, roasters, and everything coffee industry related.“

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  „We import green beans from the world's premier growers and fresh roast them in one of the finest roasters available on the market today. We offer custom roasted beans for retail, wholesale, home or business - 1880 Old Spiral Hwy, Lewiston, ID 83501 - Toll Free: 1-800-846-0976 - Fax: 208-746-3741 - Email: GCRoaster@aol.com - Url: www.hibek.net/~green7 “

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Coffee Universe | World of Coffee

  „  Kenya Kenya works diligently to assure quality in all beans that are exported. The coffee is cultivated on small farms, and the growers are rewarded with high prices for quality beans. The main growing region in Kenya extends south of 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya to near the capital of Nairobi.“

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Coffee in the News

  „Along with their four standard coffee drinks, Vietnam is noted for a rather curious concoction called 'weasel coffee'. Growers take the best beans from each crop, feed them to a weasel and then collect them again at the other end. The weasel's digestive system seems to do something magical to the beans which, she claims, makes them smoother and tastier than other kinds of coffee. (We'll hold off judgement.)“

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