The Bite:
We mean besides giving you the ability to function normally. Check your coffee label for the perfecta trifecta before you jump-start your day: fair-trade, organic, and shade grown.
Do you count on your coffee beans for more than just taste?
09.18.2008
Submitted by tmeronek on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 12:11am.
The Benefits:
- Our number ones for flavor. We bet you'll like these blends as much as your go-to roasts.
- Getting workers' finances in order. Fair-trade means fair wages for workers and guarantees that foreign producers get a decent price for their beans.
- Quantifiably safer sippin'. At an average of 3.1 cups of coffee per day, coffee drinkers who sip organic avoid the risk of consuming pesticides.
- Upping bird numbers. Shade-grown means that farmers let trees grow on their land, giving migrating birds a place to stop and smell the coffee.
Personally Speaking:
Jen gave up coffee on new year's and has stuck to it. But with the likes of Equal Exchange and other great finds around, the rest of us just don't have it in us to say goodbye...
Wanna Try:
- Equal Exchange French Roast - flavorful, classic brew ($9/10 ounces).
- Beantrees Classic Espresso - a tasty, rich espresso ($11/12 ounces).
- Jim's Happy House Blend - has a smooth, robust flavor that's anything but bitter, even if you take your coffee black ($10/12 ounces).
- Café Humana Peruvian Swiss Water Decaf - a great dark decaf ($11/12 ounces).
Cocktail Fact
Beethoven was so particular about his coffee that he counted out exactly 60 beans for each cup.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters buy a pound of organic, shade-grown, fair-trade coffee instead of conventional, we'll avert the weight of 556 espresso machines in toxic chems while really helping wildlife and workers.
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