Buying Fair Trade Coffee Online
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Knowing that the coffee you’re drinking has been picked by a bunch of happy & healthy workers is always good to know. We’ve found a certified fair trade dealer that has recently released a new range fair trade coffee.
If you’re not sure what Fair Trade is all about, it’s about fighting poverty and poor health in countries where labour such picking coffee, tea and other food crops has been corrupted by irresponsible companies putting their profits before the health and well being of their workers. Because the populations of these counties is often high, high unemployment rates can cause a company to “believe” the workers are expendable. This in turn results a company to under pay workers and to also negate on safe working conditions of the workers to maximise company profits.
The Fair trade organisation works together with companies by giving the company approval to use the Fair Trade logo in exchange for better work environments for the workers. Better work environments could mean better pay, better work conditions or free medicals.
Oxfam sent me a sample of their new fair trade coffee a few weeks ago, and I’ve managed to be convinced it’s a great brew to the point that it’s now my new coffee brand.
At the Oxfam shop you can buy many different coffees, including ground or whole beans, even instant coffee. From the whole bean range you can buy organic world blends, East Timor, Sumatran, Ethiopian to name a few. Prices start at $8.95 for 250 grams of world blend coffee, and go up to $34.95 for a 1kg bag of East Timor coffee.
You can buy ground coffee versions of the whole bean range as well as naturally processed, decaffeinated coffee. Prices range from just $3.95 for a 114 grams of East Timor ground coffee up to $29.95 for a 1kg bag of ground world blend. You can also get 200 grams of Colombian instant coffee at $14.95 :)
Below is a link to the Oxfam online shop, and a few recommended coffees to try out.
Recommended Coffees to Try
Store Price: $3.95 [correct at time of publishing]
Description: A great sample pack, Roasted and packed in Australia.
Store Price: $9.95 [correct at time of publishing]
Description: Full flavoured decaffeinated coffee from Peru, processed with 100% water using the very latest natural extraction technology.
Store Price: $8.95 [correct at time of publishing]
Description: A premium full body blend of arabica beans sourced from Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific.
