Coffee

COFFEE

Would you like a cup?

World grown. . .

World consumed. . .

Top 15 producers. . .

Brazil · Columbia · Costa Rica · Equador ·

El Salvador · Ethiopia ·Haiti · India ·

Indonesia ·Kenya · Laos · Mexico ·

New Guinea · Philippines · USA

Grown in the mountains…

Sold on Columbus Avenue. . .

Big Business

25 million small producers

225 billion cups per day

what about. . .

17 thousand locations in 48 countries

11 thousand in the U.S. . .

800 in Japan. . .

even Paris. . .

fifty in Paris. . .

10 billion in revenue in 2009

revolutionized retail coffee. . .

showed everyone something!

especially McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts

McDonalds Tokyo. . .

McDonalds Roma. . .

Mc Cafes—opening soon!

coffee issues. . .

What you need to know. . .

“fair trade” - stop exploitation of the poor

Pay them what they deserve!

Not all coffee growers are . . .

Juan Valdez

Look for this label.

or this. . .

“organically grown”- environmentally friendly

No chemical fertilizers or pesticides!

in the cup. . .

better tasting and better for you!

look for this label. . .

and this. . . can’t hurt.

“decaffeinated”

100 cups of coffee will kill a 160 pound person

If you must. . .ask take out guy for quarter-caf.

cream issues. . .

critical for cappuccino. . .

this. . .

not this. . .

No rbgh. . .

Fewer antibiotics. . . and no pus. . .

organic

Not gmo corn-fed. . .

. . .grass-fed

A grass-fed cow. . . is a happy cow!

also…HALF & HALF

and…CREAM

If you read the ingredients… you’ll stay away from these!

add your own flavors if you must . . .

sugar issues. . .

raising cain. . .

harvesting cane. . . .

Cut cain. . .

organic

let’s talk sweeteners. . .

Artificial sweeteners. . .chemicals you don’t need!

saccharin – FDA tried to ban it in 1979!

aspertame—causes seizures, thus the warning.

sucralose—contains chlorine, may be carcinogenic.

Stevia – grows naturally. . .

Found in health food stores. . .

maybe found under brand name truvia. . .

Xylitol—also natural. . . developed in Finland. . .

made from birch bark. . .

organic cane sugar still best . . .

American from Maui, Hawaii. . .

Better than artificial or refined white.

Available at most coffee shops.

Place is important

In Venice. . .

overlooking St Marks Basilica. . .

in Paris. . .here. . .

or here. . .

In Vienna at the home of the Sacher torte. . .

in quaint cafes. . .

or imagined. . .

or in the cup!

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

two pounds decaffinated . . . . . . . $75