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Starbucks Cafe Estima. Velvety smooth and balanced with a roasty-sweet flavor this blend of coffees is a product of the relationships formed between Starbucks and the farmers who grew them.
- Starbucks is committed to paying fair prices to help give farming families a better life and ensure coffee farms are protected for the future.
- Fair Trade Certified Coffee
- 18 / 2.5 oz Packages
- Each Package makes one perfect pot.
What is "Fair Trade Coffee"?
- Many coffee farmers receive prices for their harvest that can be less than the costs of production, forcing them into a cycle of poverty and debt. They are often forced to sell to middlemen who pay them half the market price, generally between 30-50 per pound.
- About 85% of Fair Trade Certified coffee is shade grown and organic as small farmers have never had the money to purchase chemicals.
- The first fair trade coffee label was started in 1998 in Holland under the name Max Havelaar and has since been followed by many others. In 1997, Fair Trade labelers formed an international umbrella group called Fair Trade Labeling Organizations (FLO) International, which defines the criteria for each product certified under the Fair Trade system, including coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, honey, bananas and orange juice.
Fair Trade Coffee ensures the longevity and sutatinability of our favorite hot beverage, and provides fair wage to the workers that harvest the coffee beans. It is also associated with quality and workmanship.
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