Comments on: Boliva cup of Excellence 2006 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/boliva-cup-of-excellence-2006 Has Bean Coffee Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Has Bean Steve http://www.hasblog.co.uk/boliva-cup-of-excellence-2006/comment-page-1#comment-4 Has Bean Steve Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:36:53 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=105#comment-4 I'm known for my anti fair trade stance, not because I don't believe in paying more for coffee, far from it I think we all pay far to little for our daily cup. My biggest problem with fair trade is it has no link of value to quality. The idea that you can pay more for good coffee and not the fixed fob price. So your article has come as a really nice surprise to me, that at last there is a push towards fairtrade also being quality. This is not to say I haven't cupped some very good fair trade coffee, quite the contrary but its by luck and nothing to do with the design. Anything that raises coffee quality in the cup and gives a fairer deal to the farmer roaster and consumer has to be good in my book. Thank you for sharing this I'm really grateful I’m known for my anti fair trade stance, not because I don’t believe in paying more for coffee, far from it I think we all pay far to little for our daily cup. My biggest problem with fair trade is it has no link of value to quality. The idea that you can pay more for good coffee and not the fixed fob price.

So your article has come as a really nice surprise to me, that at last there is a push towards fairtrade also being quality. This is not to say I haven’t cupped some very good fair trade coffee, quite the contrary but its by luck and nothing to do with the design.

Anything that raises coffee quality in the cup and gives a fairer deal to the farmer roaster and consumer has to be good in my book. Thank you for sharing this I’m really grateful

]]> By: Michael Sheridan http://www.hasblog.co.uk/boliva-cup-of-excellence-2006/comment-page-1#comment-3 Michael Sheridan Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:18:44 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=105#comment-3 Thanks for your genuine concern for Bolivian farmers and for bringing this issue to people's attention. I thought you would want to know that lots of other folks shared your disappointment and worked to try to fill the gap left by the cancellation. The leadership of the Federation of Bolivian Coffee Exporters (FECAFEB) got together with some preferred buyers from Cooperative Coffees (a cooperative of 21 roasters in Canada and the United States that imports exclusively Fair Trade coffees) to create the first-ever "Cup of Fair Trade Coffee" competition in Caranavi from Septemer 28-October 1. The event didn't generate record prices at auction, but did provide FECAFEB members an important opportunity to spend three days at the cupping table profiling FECAFEB's best samples and talking quality with preferred buyers from Canada, the United States and New Zealand. I manage the Fair Trade Program at Catholic Relief Services (the U.S. version of your CAFOD) and we were able to provide some modest financial support for the event and have posted the account of one participating roaster here: http://www.crsfairtrade.org/current_news/view.cfm?Id=31. Throught you would want to know. Thanks again for bringing this issue to peoples' attention. Thanks for your genuine concern for Bolivian farmers and for bringing this issue to people’s attention. I thought you would want to know that lots of other folks shared your disappointment and worked to try to fill the gap left by the cancellation. The leadership of the Federation of Bolivian Coffee Exporters (FECAFEB) got together with some preferred buyers from Cooperative Coffees (a cooperative of 21 roasters in Canada and the United States that imports exclusively Fair Trade coffees) to create the first-ever “Cup of Fair Trade Coffee” competition in Caranavi from Septemer 28-October 1. The event didn’t generate record prices at auction, but did provide FECAFEB members an important opportunity to spend three days at the cupping table profiling FECAFEB’s best samples and talking quality with preferred buyers from Canada, the United States and New Zealand. I manage the Fair Trade Program at Catholic Relief Services (the U.S. version of your CAFOD) and we were able to provide some modest financial support for the event and have posted the account of one participating roaster here: http://www.crsfairtrade.org/current_news/view.cfm?Id=31. Throught you would want to know. Thanks again for bringing this issue to peoples’ attention.

]]> By: Coffee and Conservation http://www.hasblog.co.uk/boliva-cup-of-excellence-2006/comment-page-1#comment-2 Coffee and Conservation Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:55:19 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=105#comment-2 <strong>Coffee review: Paradise Roasters Bolivia Calama Marka ...</strong> Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #7. Paradise Roasters Calama MarkaBolivia Cup of Excellence. I had not actually intended on reviewing this coffee, but once a couple of us tasted it, we were so impressed... Coffee review: Paradise Roasters Bolivia Calama Marka …

Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #7. Paradise Roasters Calama MarkaBolivia Cup of Excellence. I had not actually intended on reviewing this coffee, but once a couple of us tasted it, we were so impressed…

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