World Bank Group | Agriculture & Rural Development | Executive Summary - Coffee Markets: New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand (#)
„Several very large buyers that are now testing the market with these products claim that there is a limited supply if they should decide to make a stronger commitment. As markets for differentiated coffees grow, there is an increasing need for consumers to understand the sometimes complex verification or certification processes that apply to the standards-oriented coffees, such as organic, fair trade, eco-friendly, Utz Kapeh, and those using Geographic Indicators of Origin (GIO). The legitimacy of third-party certification is a vital market mechanism that can prevent indiscriminate use of these terms. The alternative may be a loss of consumer confidence that would cost the entire industry by damaging one of its few fast-growing segments.“
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/ardext.nsf/.../ executivesummary-coffeemarkets - Cached
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„In several coffee-producing countries, coffee accounts for at least 20 percent of the total export earnings. By some estimates, approximately 100 million people are directly affected economically by the coffee trade. It goes without saying that with a crop of such significance for some countries, the destabilizing effect of the price crisis sparks concern precipitating bank failures, public protests, and dramatic falls in export revenues.“
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/ardext.nsf/.../ publicationscoffeemarketsnewparadigmsinglobalsupplyanddemand
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CoffeeGeek - The Basics of Ethical Coffees
„The important part is to pay a little attention to where your money goes. Major movements to address the economic impact of coffee prices are relationship coffee, Far Trade coffee, and fairly traded coffee.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/cafestage/ 11-22-2002
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Amazon.com: Books: Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program
„As the doctor suggested I made soya a regular part of my diet. I now drink 'soy ff e e' a caffeine free substitute for regular coffe that I found on the net at www.S o y co f f e e.c o m, which is extremely tasty too. Soya is supposed to be highly effective against Parkinson's disease. Dr.“
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1575664097/qid%3d917226162/ sr%3d1-1
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Of course there may be other reasons for the discrepancy between my ratings and the jury ratings: Some green coffees do not travel and store as well as others, for example, and by the time they reach the warehouses of the roasters some may have already faded or simplified in cup character, while others may have held steady or even improved. Finally, as an individual cupper with my own predilections I may tend to reward slightly different sensory characteristics than rewarded by the consensus of the cuppers on the juries. For example, I found the Nicaragua Los Delirios (rated 91.4 by the Nicaragua jury) an nicely acidy but slightly imbalanced cup, making it three points less appealing to me than the El Salvador Montecarlos Pacamara Peaberry (rated 89.6 by the El Salvador jury), with its softer, more integrated acidity and delicate aromatic complexity.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=96
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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 1998
„Some Fairtrade Marked coffees currently on offer are cheaper than well-known brands. But even if fair trade coffee is as much as 10% more expensive than the venue's current coffee, that still works out at little more than an extra penny per cup.“
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/fc-spr98.htm
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