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Sustainable coffee is coffee that allows consumers to taste at ease.
Care for coffee producers and production environment, in order to continue to drink delicious coffee.
Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world after oil, and millions of people around the world enjoy a cup of coffee on a good morning if it is grown with environmentally friendly properties, including the use of only natural fertilizers on farms, rather than synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. It can protect the habitat of many animals and birds at the same time, forming a natural and mutually beneficial natural organic growth environment between animals and plants. Let us taste these high-quality coffee, not only enjoy the delicious coffee, but also for the environment to do a good job.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Europe and the United States are also committed to promoting sustainable coffee development and providing technical guidance on production and marketing history, protecting biodiversity in production areas, and protecting the human rights of farm workers. Standards are also established and certification activities are carried out. Once the standards are passed, the manor or agricultural association will issue certificates.
Sustainable coffee is divided into three parts: organic coffee, fair trade coffee and certified coffee. Part of the Sustainable Coffee Society asks a third impartial body to guarantee certification in order to maintain the credibility of certified coffee.
Organic Coffee Certification:
(Left) Certified Organic OCIA
(middle)USDA Certified Organic (United States Department of Agriculture)
(right)JAS Japanese Agricultural Standard of Organic Agricultural Products
Fairtrade Coffee Certification:
fair trade
The Fairtrade Marks
Certified Coffee:
accreditation foil
Bird Friendly Certificate (right) Rainforest Alliance, RA
accreditation foil
(Left) Shade Grown Coffee (Right) UTZ Organic Shade Grown Coffee
Certified Coffee ≠ Coffee with Delicious Aroma
Fine coffee is judged on quality, aroma, and sustainability. The biggest difference between it and commercial coffee is that it attaches great importance to the quality and aroma of coffee. Sustainable coffee means that it passes the standards of the environment and farmers 'lives, but does not include certification of coffee quality and aroma.
Fine coffee must be "coffee with good aroma", sustainable coffee does not necessarily meet this standard. Because coffee production environment is stable, coffee prices will be stable; in order to continue to produce stable prices, high quality coffee beans, the living conditions of producers, planting environment are stable as the premise, but also become a major issue to promote fine coffee.
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