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Coffee
If Ladbrookes can go fair trade there is really no excuse!
But - does it taste any good...? |
I am the worst judge of anything taste wise. (Years of teenage vodka swigging has decimated the taste buds..)
For me, coffee is strong, harsh and drunk only to induce mild mania in order to get through the first hour or so of the day.
However, luckily La is a little more discerning!
She is North American and so has been brought up on coffee and doughnuts rather than tea and hob nobs. Although there was a time when she winced at the taste of a fair trade cuppa - those days are long gone.
We haven't had enough time to do a proper test of all the fair trade coffee's that's out there but that is the brilliant thing.
There are now loads of fair trade options (cafe direct, percol, clipper etc) and there is no longer any reason not to buy these better made products.
Check out the directory section on here for some of them.
Fair trade coffee protects growers from unjust trade practises. For full details of its benefits, check out the Fair Trade Foundations, 'Spilling the beans' report.
Since we are still in Fair Trade Fortnight there is no time like the present to make the switch.
There is choice and there is quality. There is no reason why not.
The other option is, of course, consuming less...
In case you are someone who nips in for a takeaway on the way to work you might be interested to note that (by my somewhat rudimentary calculations) if coffee costs £2 per day - 5 days per week - 50 weeks per year (you only get two weeks holiday as it makes the maths easier!) - for 30 years - you would save:
£15,000
And that is even before the accidental croissant purchasing...
So get your boss to invest in a decent coffee machine!
Now of course you could also save on money and packaging by making a packed lunch.. refilling old water bottles.. eating seasonal veg.... etc etc
So many things.
May be best to put the coffee on and have a think about it.
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