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K-cups fair trade organic coffee can either be bought online or in a brick and mortar store. Besides the taste, you may love the K-cup fair trade coffee for many reasons, including a particular cause or farming community which your purchase supports. This fair trade k-cup coffee often seems difficult to find. Let’s consider some of the several benefits to buying online.

Availability: Coffee has become such a popular item on most people’s shopping list. And it is truly an item that people don’t like to run out of. When your favorite local convenience store or market either has run out of your favorite k-cup coffee, or even worse, doesn’t carry that particular kind, an online search will usually find a website that has it. At the Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company you can be sure to find plenty of organic fair trade k-cups of coffee.

Convenience: Think about how much weight the coffee can be in your shopping bags. Buying online means that you don’t need to go to the store and you don’t have to carry your coffee home. And, if you buy in quantity, for example in 36 or 72 count, you don’t need to write it on your list every few days. Instead, your coffee is delivered directly to your door.

Freshness: We all want our food to be fresh. Fresh roasted coffee beans are best. But, that is not what you are likely to find in your local store. It is not unusual for the coffee to sit on the shelf for several weeks until it is finally sold. Most online stores offer small batch roasted coffee beans and it means that your coffee order is roasted within a day or two and shipped out directly to you. You will love the taste of fresh coffee.

Cost: Cost may be one of the biggest concerns that online shoppers may have. A smart buyer has to weigh the cost against quality and convenience. Buying k-cups coffee online is often cheaper but not always. Coffee that is bought in huge lots and kept in warehouses and on shelves can be found inexpensively, but you are probably sacrificing freshness. Buying your fair trade organic k-cup coffee online doesn’t have to be more expensive, in fact, with the many deals offered, it can be purchased and delivered cheaper than if you bought it in a store and carried it home.

The Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company is the place to find your hard to get k-cup coffee with the availability, convenience, freshness, and cost to make your shopping experience a rewarding one.

The Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company at http://www.ofairtradecoffee.com has been in business since 2007 and offers organic fair trade coffee for retail and wholesale, roasted in small batches and delivered to your door.

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Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company Receives 2011 Grand Rapids Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

NEW YORK, NY, October 21, 2011 — Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company has been selected for the 2011 Grand Rapids Award in the Shopping Centers category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

 

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Colombian Coffee (Arabica Coffee) of the highest quality, which is also fair trade and organic can be found at the Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company.  The availability of coffee from Colombia has decreased somewhat because of Global Warming, where the climate changes have brought higher temperatures along with more rainfall.  Colombian coffee is grown in the mountainous regions of the country, and provides income for over 500,000 families.

Here you will find Colombian Organic Fair Trade coffee that is grown in full shade, at altitudes of 3,300 to 4,300 feet in the mountainous region of Northern Colombia. Very smooth bodied with mild acidity. Medium Roast.   Buy Colombian Coffee – 12 oz bag,  1 lb bag, 5 lb bag

Here is another Colombian organic fair trade coffee that is a well balanced, medium-bodied, honey-sweet coffee. Produced by a co-op of courageous women in a region infamous for coca and violence. A portion of the proceeds from this Cafe Femenino are used to support these women coffee farmers of Colombia. Buy 12 oz bag, 1 lb bag

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Michigan, October 21, 2011 – The Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company based out of Kentwood, MI has just completed a partnership agreement with Steep and Brew and their Café Fair brand, a Wisconsin based fair trade organic coffee roaster. The coffee is under the kosher supervision of Wisconsin LLC. The online store at ofairtradecoffee.com, will now offer the Café Fair kosher line of coffee including blends, single origins and decaf. Flavors are also available and include Hazelnut and Vanilla, and both flavors, along with all the coffees are 100% organic. Available quantities will be in 1 lb, 2 lb and 5 lb bags, which allow for even greater savings. Kosher coffee consumers from the continental US, can now order online.

The growing consumer demand for kosher fair trade products reflects the consumer demand for keeping their chosen observance for religious purposes as well as eco-sustainability values. These values continue to reach and impact more and more retail and wholesale sectors. Along with clothing and jewelry, kosher fair trade coffee is finding its way into the homes of many consumers. Cause related marketing throughout the fair trade movement has helped bring attention to worthy causes which deserve support, and help maintain a decent quality of living for those communities in coffee growing nations.

Until recently, finding non fair trade and organic kosher coffee has been easy to find, as many of the top commercial grade companies have a kosher certification. But, relatively few of the independent, small batch roasters of fair trade organic coffee have made the transition to becoming certified kosher.

In order to be certified kosher, a company must have their facility thoroughly inspected, sometimes periodically, and sometimes on a daily basis, depending on the nature of the facility’s products. This qualification of a company obtaining a certificate of kosher status does require a financial investment, and that is why finding a small batch coffee roaster who is also certified kosher is not so easy. Usually, a recognized rabbinical authority or organization will certify a company only after it demonstrates a high level of conformity with the rules of kosher certification.

Using the internet to search for kosher fair trade coffee which is also organic, has now made it easier for consumers to find what they are looking for. And by bookmarking the online web store ofairtradecoffee.com, one can save time shopping for a kosher fair trade coffee. Enjoy the new line of offerings by the Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company and share the news with your friends and neighbors. Contact us at http://www.ofairtradecoffee.com/kosher-fair-trade-organic-coffee or 616-949-0834

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Unless the coffee you buy is certified as Fair Trade, there is a good chance that the farmers, growers and community members are not getting an equitable return and getting less than a fair wage for their efforts. The Fair Trade movement certification insures that a just and decent fair business relationship exists between the farmers and importers. Fair Trade organic coffee is within the reach of each of us. It can now be found at many online stores. And the demand is increasing as consumers become more aware of the benefits. Non-profit groups such as churches or schools, who need to raise extra money, are now turning to fair trade organic coffee fundraising programs. They have come to realize that they can choose to drink a healthier coffee, while supporting a worthy cause like fair trade.

Let’s take a look at coffee, as a common everyday consumer product, which is enjoyed in virtually every city, town and village throughout our planet with an ever growing consumption. As the second most traded commodity after oil, it has indeed reached just about every home in the world! Coffee is among the world’s most highly sprayed crops using harmful chemicals which get stored in the body’s fat cells and take a long time to be expelled. Could it be that we are slowly killing ourselves unless we are buying organically grown coffee?

Far from being an alarmist, one can easily realize that we are ingesting small doses of harmful herbicides and pesticides with the food we eat and drink. And, because these doses are small, we may not feel the negative effects until years later, when our bodies have accumulated more than we can tolerate. At that point, we are already sick and it is too late. Wouldn’t it make sense to eat and drink healthier? That is why the organic industry is now growing at 22% each year.

Drinking organic coffee is an easy way to make positive changes toward a healthy lifestyle. It is grown without the use of harmful herbicides and pesticides, and it actually costs the same or slightly more than ordinary coffee. While organic products, and especially coffee are becoming more readily available, there is still a resistance to purchase these products. When you think about how often you drink coffee, and the fact that those beans were sprayed with chemicals meant to kill bugs, doesn’t it scare you, just a little.

An excellent source offering a wide variety of organic coffee is the Organic Fair Trade Coffee Company found http://www.ofairtradecoffee.com