Excellent article on coffee (Cover story, February), and points well-taken. I drink more than the average 90 litres per year and I have started taking fair trade coffee seriously. I am on a disability pension but am wealthy compared to what people growing coffee beans for us are paid and how they live. I can no longer justify paying “beans” for coffee at the expense of another person’s comfort and dignity. If that means I pay a premium for what is far superior coffee to that served at Tim Hortons, I can live with that. More importantly, the growers and their families can live better with that.
Fletcher O’Flaherty
Hamilton
April 10, 2008
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