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  „Rice said while community projects sponsored by individual coffee companies are commendable and well-intentioned, they also can be seen as a form of paternalism.“

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Timeforcoffee.com

  „de octubre' (October 1st, decree), it said that 'We will give two hundred pesos to the first farmer who produces 10,000 pounds of coffee, one hundred pesos to the second, third and fourth Farmer'. Since 1871, the coffee business became the number one export for Guatemala's economy.“

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My cup runneth Down Under - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „That all said... wow.  I'm not sure I've ever seen a town where the entire economy seems to be based so totally around good food, good books, good coffee, and occasional fits of modern dance.  I didn't expect a river town to be so lovely, but then I grew up in 1970s Cleveland, where the polluted river itself once actually caught fire.  But I haven't had a bad meal or a bad cup since I got here, whether it was in a Thai place in Fitzroy, the Italian joint in Carlton, or the family-run Vietnamese/Chinese fusion restaurant in Richmond.“

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Coffee Forest Symbiosis (INeedCoffee.com)

  „"Coffee can protect wildlife, ecosystems and environments,” said Tensie Whelan, executive director of the Rainforest Alliance. And caring about sustainable coffee can also protect coffee workers, of whom there are some 25 million worldwide. Ted Lingle "Sustainability is a three-legged stool, he said. "It consists of economic viability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility” .“

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/forest/?page=2 - Cached

Espresso Tamping (INeedCoffee.com)

  „This article is the first of a series of articles about espresso preparation. Espresso has the potential to be the ultimate form of coffee, but is too often sour, bitter, and overpowering. To prepare espresso properly a number of factors must be monitored. The espresso must be freshly roasted, freshly ground with a sharp conical burr grinder, properly dosed and distributed, tamped correctly, and monitored closely during extraction.“

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Global Exchange : Global coffee body to ask for World Bank aid

  „In a presentation to Mexican and Central American coffee growers in Managua, Osorio said producers need to generate alternate forms of income if they are to survive crises like the one that saw prices sink to historic lows last October during a continued global coffee surplus.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 167.html - Cached

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