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Coffee Lesson - What does “Fair Trade Certified” mean?
Posted by Andrea on 01/17/12 at 01:19 PM
Many of the coffees you’ll find on our site say “Free Trade Certified” on the label, and we advertise them as such. But what does it mean? Something about trading freely, of course. But here is a more official definition: Fair Trade is a movement aimed at helping small farmers around the world by setting minimum product pricing on goods. This promotes healthier trading environments in developing countries and improves sustainability. (All good things!)
In regards to coffee, this is what the Fair Trade USA Organization says…
Where are the Green Mountain Hot Cocoa K-Cups?
Posted by Mike on 01/11/12 at 12:20 PM
We’ve had the Green Mountain Hot Cocoa K-Cup marked as “out of stock” for quite some time. Unfortunately, Green Mountain has discontinued the distribution of this product to us and other distributors. We are no longer able to purchase Hot Cocoa K-Cups from Green Mountain to sell to our customers.
We do offer a few substitute hot cocoa products which work nicely with Keurig brewers and offer exceptional flavor and more variety…
What does a Keurig brewer sound like?
Posted by Mike on 12/29/11 at 03:31 PM
One of our Twitter followers - @maderradio - asked what a Keurig brewer sounds like in operation. To answer his question, I recorded the sounds a Keurig B155 Platinum Home Brewer makes while it is starting up and while it is brewing a K-Cup - Tully’s French Roast, if you were wondering.
