What Makes Your Coffee Green?
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Even if you're the kind of person who wouldn't dream of buying anything that contains high-fructose corn syrup, or your vegetables anywhere but at the farmer's market, there's a chance you're less discerning about your coffee's eco-pedigree. I know there are mornings when I'll drink anything in a mug, as long as it has caffeine!
There are a few important things for to consider when selecting our morning mocha or cappuccino. Remember to ensure that your coffee is:
- Sustainable - Coffee & Conservation offers 5 tips for identifying sustainable coffee, including making sure it has one of many certification seals, and checking to see where it's grown. Mexico and El Salvador are top shade growing coffee countries.
- Free-trade -- making sure that the people who grow the coffee are fairly compensated for their crop
- Organic -- pesticides do nothing for flavor!
And remember the cup! As I've said one million times, Starbucks hot cups are not recycleable! Find a local coffee house that serves your espresso in a demi-tasse, or a chain that has compostable cups, like Tully's. Or even better, bring your own reusable mug!
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