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Green coffee beans haven't been roasted, and aren't yet ready for grinding or brewing. It's easy and inexpensive to roast your own beans at home, but there are other benefits as well. Buying green coffee beans in bulk helps you save money. It's also an investment in the world and in yourself. You don't have to be rich to enjoy the richest flavors from around the world, and you don't have to sacrifice your beliefs either.
Making the World a Better Place
- Economics -
Since the late 90's the cost of green coffee beans has gone down 50 percent. As the market opens up to smaller bulk wholesalers, prices are driven even lower. This gives you enough savings to buy the best and still be a responsible consumer.
Coffee is second only to oil in world commerce, but unlike oil, nearly half of all coffee is produced by small operations. That gives consumers a better chance at changing the market. The practices we put in motion control price, supply and for some families, quality of life.
Roasting your own coffee beans will save you money, but how you buy them could mean the difference between starving and survival for a farming family. Certified "Fair Trade" coffee products protect the rights of small farmers. Any manufacturer sporting this special label has offered the growers much better prices, up to five times the going rates of other companies.
We can also protect the family farm by working with shade- grown coffee beans growers. Shade for the beans must come from trees, which encourages small farmers to invest in more than one crop. Depending on coffee, and fruits, family budgets are at less of a risk. Local economies become stronger as crop diseases and a fluctuating market have less of an impact on an area's survival.
- The Environment -
Choosing shade-grown coffee offers other benefits as well. Up to 98% more wildlife is found on shade-grown coffee farms. Birds, insects and mammals inhabit the trees, controlling natural populations. Sustaining the trees protects the atmosphere and improves air quality.
Certified organic green coffee beans go a step further and protect growers and consumers from toxic chemicals. Poisons are kept from the habitat, and local flora and wildlife has a chance to flourish.
- Building a Community -
Coffee connoisseurs agree it's best to use stored coffee beans within a year or two. Will you use 50 lbs of Yirgacheff between now and then? Many people skip buying in wholesale bulk shipments for this very reason, but no one has to go at it alone. Coffee lovers unite! Chipping in on a big order with friends can give you 5 lbs of your favorite crop at up to 80% off a green vendor's prices.
Coffee clubs also allow you to enjoy something you love with friends who understand. More fanatics exist than you know. Posting notices in community papers, on billboards and spreading your search by word of mouth, you can create a wholesale buying group in no time and you'll all cash in on the savings.
Coffee, like other major world products, has ties with expenses far greater than your pocket book. Make the world a better place by buying organic, shade-grown coffee beans from a certified fair trade producer. Then make friends while buying in bulk, and enjoying tremendous savings just by roasting your own coffee beans. |
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