Tips on Coffee - Coffee Producing Countries (#)

  „Today approximately 100,000 small farms generate most Mexican coffee, and most of the beans come from the south. Mexico is the largest source of U.S. coffee imports.Notable Beans: Altura, Liquidambar MS, Pluma Coixtepec Ethiopia (3.8 million bags) The natural home of the arabica tree and the setting for most of coffee’s origin legends, Ethiopia is Africa’s top arabica exporter and leads the continent in domestic consumption. About 12 million Ethiopians make their living from coffee, whose name is said to be a derivation of “Kaffa,” the name of an Ethiopian province. Notable Beans: Harrar, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe India (3.8 million bags) According to legend, India is the birthplace of coffee cultivation east of Arabia.“

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International Coffee Organization

  „Mexican coffee sales have become more diversified in recent years with the production and marketing of organic coffee, in which Mexico played a pioneering role, and fine or "gourmet" coffees.“

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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles

  „Mexican Altura), but conventional coffees are always processed and purchased in bulk. Suppliers of these coffees, such as processors who mill or export coffee, are hard-pressed to provide specific growing information on the harvesting or labor conditions. Price is the primary variable, although these coffees are priced at a premium compared to commercial coffees.“

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Global Exchange : News Updates

  „Mexican farmers must cope with coffee glut -- In Mexico, more and more coffee farmers are abandoning their crops because wholesale prices set largely by multinational companies are at historic lows.In the past three years, Dominguez Rodriguez and his fellow farmers have made no profit from their coffee. It sells for half of his production costs.“

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Mexico

  „Coffee was first planted in Mexico in the late 1700s.  Mexican coffee is generally uncomplicated and is  used as a base for blending.  The coffee is typically light bodied and nutty, but can have a heavier body, brighter acidity, and overtones of chocolate.  The most popular cultivars cultivated are Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Caturra, and Maragogype.   “

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BBC - h2g2 - The Fairtrade Mark

  „- Mateo Rendon of FESACORA1 UCIRI (the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region), located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was the first group of farmers in Mexico to export coffee through the fair trade model. Since the introduction of fair trade practices, the incomes of their over 2000 member families have doubled. This stability has also enabled UCIRI to establish the region's first public bus line, build the only secondary school in the area and build a community health clinic. - IFAT website These are just a few reasons why fair trade is such a challenging, revolutionary and important idea, and why people must be encouraged to buy fairly-traded produce and join the campaign for fairness in international trade, putting people before profits.“

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