Not exact matches
Two dozen roasters submitted 34 single - origin RA - certified
coffees, but they
only represented eleven
producers.
Since the Belgians first started planting
coffee in Burundi in the 1960's,
producers have used this landlocked African country
only to produce commodity
coffee.
There were similar graphs for Utz Certified (top three
producers were Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia) and Fair Trade (Peru, Colombia, and Brazil); organic and 4C
coffees were
only broken down regionally.
Therefore, a package of Rainforest Alliance certified
coffee, marketed as and believed by the consumer to contain 100 % RA - certified beans could conceivably
only contain 81 % certified beans (if the roaster / retailer mixed in 10 % non-certified beans into a shipment from a
producer that
only contained 90 % certified beans, 90 % *.90 = 81 %).
Salgado is further ensuring the finished product is smooth by obtaining
only the highest quality
coffee he can — even if that means paying
producers a premium price to buy
only single origin
coffee from farms that are members of the Rainforest Alliance.
The farm has been in the family since the late 1800's and is one of
only 34 farms that is certified as true Antigua
coffee by the ACAP (Antigua Coffee Producers Associa
coffee by the ACAP (Antigua
Coffee Producers Associa
Coffee Producers Association).
The
only expenses in my video were hiring the
producer (a very reasonably priced film student) and treating everyone for
coffee.