Tips on Coffee - The Book of Coffee (#)
„From Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, coffee warms the soul and brings people together.Discovered in a remote corner of Abyssinia, coffee has its roots in a land where genies appear from magic lamps, and where seers use it to foretell the future. No wonder coffee began its history surrounded by an aura of mystery and legend.The Book of Coffee tells of famous coffee-lovers--such as Bach who dedicated a cantata to his favorite beverage, and Pope Clement VIII who refused to ban the allegedly "diabolical" drink--and reveals through an astonishing and beautiful collectio of images the importance of coffee in society from the London coffee-houses of the sevententh century to the Prohibition years in the United States when coffee consumption reached record levels.Filled with advice on how to achieve the perfect cup of coffee, the book also includes a Guide to the best coffee purveyors and coffee shops throughout the world--making The Book of Coffee and indispensable gift for the true coffee-lover.“
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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Machines and Grinders, One Geek's gripes about Starbucks
„I am a great fan of cafe culture and have been in my fair share of coffee houses and bars throughout Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and South America. As Dave says, there isn't a lot of consistency to be found and I think a lot has to do with the varying skills of the baristas that are manning the machines as well as the dreck that is supplied by most large scale commercial roasters. The owners are out to make a buck and one way is to keep the cost of supplies low.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machines/ 98763
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View topic - Don Veitia - Coffee Forum
„Receiving cooperation from possible buyers who want to engage coffee and cocoa business newly, and support from people who seek for new products in Europe, Asia and Central and South America, we offer high quality products, and this is the concept of Don Veitia.“
http://www.coffeeforums.com/ viewtopic.php?p=6569
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„It were the Dutch who started to farm coffee in Java 1697 and 1719 the first shipment of javacoffee reached Europe. Soon thereafter coffeefarming started in Ceylon, Southeast Asia and on the island of Bourbon (now Reunion Island). The coffeebush reached Paris via a botanic garden in Amsterdam. A french seaofficer, De Clieu took a plant from this bush and carried it with him across the Atlantic ocean (somehow the coffeeplant survived) to the Westindies and it was this plant who was the "grandmother" to the grandious coffeeplantations in Central and South America. The rest is - history.The coffeehousesThe coffeehouses were the first place where people learned about the brew.“
http://hem.bredband.net/akeisr/caffe/ history.html
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gepa Fair Trade Company – Europe-wide
„gepa is a member of EFTA (European Fair Trade Association), an association of Fair Trade organizations from all over Europe. The promotion of an accountable and sustainable trade is the objective of EFTA and its members, who by now possess several decades' experience of Fair Trade import. The EFTA members keep contact with more than 700 overseas producer groups. Serving the interests of these partners, their work has contributed essentially to the fact that today, more and more consumers consider the ethical and ecological aspects of their buying decisions.“
http://www.gepa3.de/htdocs_en/fair_trade/ europa_fair.html
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„Most small coffee farmers live in isolated communities in some of the poorest countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They usually sell their coffee through middlemen, known to Central American farmers as "coyotes." With world prices in constant flux and coyotes offering the lowest price possible, farmers never know how much they'll get for their crops.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/interfaith/ucc.htm
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