Why You Should Buy Fair Trade: The Coffee Book

Why You Should Buy Fair Trade: The Coffee Book

Ultimately, when the government found they couldn’t prohibit coffee drinking, they monopolized coffee roasting to the point that commoners could no longer afford it, resorting to things like barley, chicory, corn and dried figs in its stead.



Starbucks stirs up a storm in a coffee cup

Times Online - LAST Friday was an annual holiday in Ethiopia to commemorate the Battle of Adowa in 1896 and the routing of Italian forces at the end of the first Italo-Abyssinian war. Holiday or no holiday, the prime minister, Meles Zanawi, spent part of the day ...



Raking in dough

Bradenton Herald - The coffee is always fresh, the doughnuts are too, and if you ask, they double-dip the doughnuts with frosting on both sides. They accommodate their customers." Peter He has been in the U.S. since 1989. His wife, Jenny Huang, 42, arrived from the ...



The world in your cup: Coffee from the farm to your family

Fosters Daily Democrat - Coffee originally grew wild in the horn of Africa, which includes present-day Ethiopia. The coffee plant found its way from the horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula through traders and merchants. Muslims were the first to cultivate the plant, but ...



Coffee and community together at Stardoughs

Eureka Times-Standard - BLUE LAKE -- Stardoughs is the newest business in Blue Lake and owners Diana and Dale Hudson are whipping up more than coffee and good food. The Hudsons have spent several years of their lives in far away places like Fiji and China but they are not ...