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

„Peasant growers typically can't afford chemicals, so their farms often are de facto "organic," and consequently easily certifiable as such. So organic certification, often arranged by idealists working in the coffee industry and at least partly financed by development agencies, becomes a way of bringing credibility and higher prices to coffees that otherwise might be lost in the sad and relentless river of anonymous beans traded purely on the basis of price. With organic certification cooperatives of peasant farmers or small holders suddenly have a recognizable product, a recognizable name, and a bit more money for their efforts. Larger farms, too, are often able to leverage similar recognition and price premiums by playing the organic card.“

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Melitta in the News (#)

„These techniques are used to make the three types of Melitta World Harvest Organic Coffees, including Morning Bliss (light roast), Enchanted Evening (dark roast), and Sun & Moon (blend of light and dark roasts). Sun & Moon is the only blend of light and dark roasts of organic coffee beans currently available on the market. Ray Flores, Director of Green Coffee, says of the entire World Harvest Line, "It is a singular and distinctive coffee product line. Great care and attention is paid to the crop during harvesting to assure that each bean attains its maximum flavor." At Melitta we take time to research and identify the best estate and organic farms and those are the ones we’ve chosen to do business with.“

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We've Seen the Future..It's Organic! (#)

„Why organic coffee? For starters, organically-grown coffee beans are healthier for you, since no chemicals or artificial treatments are used in any step of the growing and harvesting process. Additionally, organic coffee tends to taste fresher and better than its chemically-treated counterpart. Organic farming as a whole is friendlier to the environment, in that the absence of chemicals tends to enhance the soil's productivity and regenerative properties.“

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Café Forum | Coffee Importers (#)

„Contact: Svetlin Rangelov - 54 Cherkovna str., ap.12, Sofia, Bulgaria 1505 - Tel: +35988251125 - Email: stanley@einet.bg Canada Quebec Caravan - Montreal Trading house specializing in Mexican coffee. Green coffee beans, roasted whole beans, roasted and ground coffee, instant coffee including certified organic version of them all. We provide all kinds of packing from bulk to retail and deliver worldwide. - Box 552 Stock Exchange Tower, Montreal, QC H4Z 1J8 - Tel: 514-923-4001 - Fax: 514-923-1635 - Email: cit@istar.ca - Url: canintrad.com Mexicafe Canada Inc.“

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

„They offer aficionados an impeccable way of both looking after their own health as well as the health of the planet and its people. Not only are organically grown coffees safer for workers and the natural world than most conventionally grown coffees, but many, if not most, organics are produced by cooperatives of peasant farmers whose livelihood is considerably enhanced by the small premium consumers pay for organically certified beans.“

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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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„Today, Heine and Safai are among a number of area coffee-shop owners, health food stores and other retailers selling organic coffee beans. Louisvillians are helping drive the fastest-growing trend in specialty coffee houses, according to coffee roaster Mark Inman, formerly head of the Organic Coffee Roasters Assocation.“

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

„Coffee Distributors Fairtrade Colombian Freeze Dried Instant Coffee, Roast and Ground Costa Rican Coffee Beans, Roasted Costa Rican Coffee Beans, Swiss Water Processed Decaffeinated Organic Coffee Beans, Roasted Colombian Coffee Beans.“

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CoffeeGeek - Sustainable Harvest Coffee Prepares Latin American Growers for Worst (#)

„ “The new FDA laws require foreign suppliers to find a US Agent that will represent them and serve as the communications link to the FDA,” says Griswold.  “Every single coffee facility and mill that handles our coffee beans must be registered, and that is a great number of supplier groups from the nine countries where we buy our organic specialty coffees.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„illy's demand for the highest quality beans is rarely met through organic coffee. Because illy is a single blend composed of beans from 7 to 9 growing regions, some organics may be present in the blend if they meet our rigid quality standards. Organic coffee has a very low yield per hectare—about 6 to 8 bags per hectare.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Homeland and Other Stories (#)

„These same friends insist that fertilized eggs are better for you than unfertilized eggs (show me the scientific evidence), and name their children after vegetables. I am sure these guys look at you wrong if you don't buy organic coffee beans from Guatemala. I think Barbara Kingsolver has little tolerance for those nature-type-wanna-be's (here, here).“

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Coffee Glossary (#)

„An odor taint in the coffee beans that produces a dirt-like taste sensation. Results when fats in the coffee beans absorb organic materials from the ground in the drying process during harvesting. Also referred to as dirty and groundy. The undesirable odor and taste of freshly turned soil is found in low-graded batches.“

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Global Exchange : Battle over beans brews in Berkeley (#)

„On Nov. 5, the city's voters will decide the fate of Measure O -- an ordinance written by Berkeley attorney Rick Young that requires all brewed coffee served at commercial establishments to be made from organic or shade-grown beans, or those obtained through "fair trade" agreements that today pay growers an average of three times the going market rate.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop (#)

„They also run a company called Fair Trade Zone which specializes in ecologically and socially responsible products from around the world. Their imports include organically grown coffee beans. Digum and Luttinger understand the connection between song birds and coffee and that what you drink does matter.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Those who prefer a well-balanced coffee that can be accented with cream usually order Guatemalan Antiguas, Yemens and Sumatras. She has also made a stellar iced coffee using Mexican Organic beans.“

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Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine: Planter's World: Organic Coffee Farming (#)

„The high percentage of 'A' grade beans and good quality of cup (FAQ and above) indicate that positive benefits of switching over to organic farming in coffee.“

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