Child labour is a problem that won’t go away.
Inflation trending the wrong way, monthly mortgage payments up and the cost of our regular grocery items up by 13.6% in the UK this year. The cost of living impact leaves much to complain about.Should we be complaining about how much everything costs now and the impact on our disposable income or lack of it? […]
Coffee Funds Good Bad or Ugly?
Coffee roasters selling Business to Business into various markets and doing very well then we have the roasters with strong brand presence successfully trading in the UK and internationally but hiding behind coffee funds. Check this out.This particular company which I won’t mention here is performing very well on the UK high street. The outfit […]
The Effects of Paper Coffee Cups on The Environment
Like most people, you are likely to start your day off with a cup of coffee (or a few). If you are home or at work, you are probably enjoying a wide variety of mugs to choose from. However, when you are out of the home and on the move, you are most likely going […]
Ethical Consumption
White Paper by Wise2Coffee Ethical Consumption of Coffee Consumers in affluent societies increasingly consider the moral features of products in their everyday monetary decisions. They buy organic food, use renewable energy, abstain from buying clothes manufactured under dubious working conditions and invest in companies that operate in a socially responsible manner. Ethical consumption can thus […]
Sustainability
Sustainability – It may feel as if this has taken a back-seat over the past year, but sustainability is still an important issue for consumers. Increasing numbers of people expect good practices and transparency across the whole supply chain from sourcing and production to packaging, storage and waste disposal. Rural and suburban outlets have done particularly well recently in comparison […]
French Press Time
Most of us have a French Press at home. To brew the perfect coffee your 5 step plan. Buy your bean whole and grind them yourself or pre-ground. If you buy pre-ground coffee make sure the beans are ground for use in a French Press. Fresh water and bring to the boil One heaped table […]
Why hasn’t the cost of a cup of coffee gone up yet?
Coffee pricing reached an all time high in October this year (trading around $2.46 per pound) due to weather and supply chain issues. The uncertainty created by weather-related shocks and potential disruptions in trade flows from stricter pandemic-related measures around the world has become a serious threat to the regularity of green coffee supply. Increasing […]
Do consumers actually give a dam?
Ethical Consumption of Coffee Consumers in affluent societies increasingly consider the moral features of products in their everyday monetary decisions. They buy organic food, use renewable energy, abstain from buying clothes manufactured under dubious working conditions and invest in companies that operate in a socially responsible manner. Ethical consumption can thus be defined as purchase […]
How much does the Farmer receive from a cup of coffee?
Shocking! The traditional coffee supply chain from cherry to cup has several layers that all increase the price of the coffee as it passes hands. This practice has for generations created a win lose situation where the farmer and their communities see no uplift in financial benefit from the contracts agreed with the importer. The […]
When Faking it Goes Very Wrong!
DOES JAMAICA HAVE A CASE WITH BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE? Costco, Marshalls/T.J. Maxx parent company TJX and Gold Coffee Roasters have joined the list of defendants reaching settlement agreements with a group representing farmers from Hawaii’s Kona region. Thus far, settlement agreements from the class action lawsuit, files in 2019 have totaled just over $13.1 million, […]