When it comes to gift giving, there are numerous coffee gift ideas to consider for the coffee lover in your life. Fair trade coffee is one of the best and most socially conscious gifts of coffee to buy, as it is purchased directly from the growers and helps producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and healthier working conditions.

Fair trade products, such as coffee, offer the producers a fair and living wage. Forced labor and child exploitative labor are never allowed. This provides a larger economic incentive for the producers to pay fair wages to workers in countries where the coffee is being grown, harvested and distributed.

Fair trade coffee gift ideas are not only perfect for the holiday season, but they are also a socially conscious and much-appreciated gift at any time of year. They help consumers by supporting smaller companies who have committed to higher principles, thereby increasing the competition in the coffee market. More competition increases not only the supply of coffee, but also the quality, cost and selection of coffee products for consumers to purchase. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re like me and there’s almost nothing you enjoy more than a smoking hot cup of delicious coffee then you probably already know that a cup of organic, fair trade coffee is about a million times better than a regular non-organic, non-fair trade cup of coffee.

There are a few very good reasons why this is simply not just personal preference but an actual improvement in taste.

Organic

Organic coffee is coffee that’s grown without the use of chemicals. Using a natural growing process makes anything taste better. Ever have a tomato out of your mother’s garden? Compare the taste of your mother’s tomato with that of a tomato you buy from Wal-Mart or Kroger. There is no comparison. The tomato from your mother’s garden is DELICIOUS and the tomato from the big chain store tastes kinda like a tomato but only kinda. Read the rest of this entry »