100% Organic Decaf
Organic Decaf Coffee
Some Special Points About Decaffeinated Organic Coffee
Organic farming starts with building well balanced
soil, that means there are no pesticides or
additives to the soil. Organic farming preserves
the farmland for
the future.
Organic farming does not use chemicals that can
pollute our water system from the smallest streams to our oceans. As demand
grows for more organically grown food so will the economic futures of family
farms and their communities.
The SWISS WATERŪ Process is a 100% chemical free coffee decaffeination
process that results in great-tasting decaf.
Most other processes use chemical solvents, like methylene chloride, to
decaffeinate coffee beans. Conversely, the SWISS
WATERŪ Process uses only water when removing
caffeine, producing water processed decaf coffee.
Please allow 2 to 7 days for shipping,
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100% Organic Sumatra Mandheling Swiss Water Decaf
SKU JD 0322
Weight 1lb $13.95
Weight 5lb $57.00
Organic Coffee: Is It Worth the Price?
by Scott A. Wilson
Heaps of premiums are thrown onto environmentally sound
products in the marketplace. Recycled paper is typically more expensive than
standard paper. Lettuce and tomatoes made without the use of pesticides and
fertilizers also enjoy above average market rates as well.
Certified organic coffee has achieved a reputation for
being pricey because of many reasons. For starters, it was produced without
the use of environmentally harmful chemicals such as herbicides and
pesticides. In turn, organic coffee has received a seal of approval for being
healthier than your standard coffee.
Does organic coffee justify the higher price though?
Many industry experts and coffee enthusiasts alike claim so because of the
intense labor required by poorer farmers in countries like Bolivia and Ecuador
in navigating coffee bean fields for collection and transport. Citing the
injustices of poor pay by coffee merchants towards poor farmers (paying less
than 50 cents a pound in some cases), major coffee companies have taken
initiative in building supply chains linking these poor producers.
These organic coffee supply chains guaranteed a fair
wage for workers and reinvestment of organic coffee profit back into the
community in these Third World countries. A dollar spent on a 12 oz. bag of
dark roasted organic coffee goes a long way towards helping coffee producing
communities. It is money spent towards a generous overhead, which is the
continuation of the supply chain that guarantees a reasonable price for
production.
Buying organic coffee supports the social work major
companies are doing to improve supply chains in these regions. Remember,
farmers have to go through an extensive evaluation process in having their
coffee called organic. With profit differences between standard coffee crops
and organic coffee groups similar, many farmers can easily opt to stick with
the former. All in all, organic coffee is worth the price for the reasons
outlined above!
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