Comments on: Wake up and smell the coffee! http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/ A Dopio Shot Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cate http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/#comment-1901 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:50:31 +0000 http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/?p=2668#comment-1901 Leigh – Hi, sounds like the type of book anyone with a garden could use. What a great idea for coffee farmers. Thanks for passing this on.

CAte

]]> By: Leigh McAdam http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/#comment-1900 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:31:09 +0000 http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/?p=2668#comment-1900 I admit to being a coffee snob and so glad the coffee plantation you visited was aligned with the Rainforest Alliance, especially after reading the book ‘Silence of the Songbirds’. Bridget Stutchbury, the author, provides suggestions for saving the songbirds and an easy one to subscribe to which will have a huge impact on the bird’s future is to drink shade grown coffee.

]]> By: Carnival of links to great food and travel content | Roaming Tales http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/#comment-1749 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:21:22 +0000 http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/?p=2668#comment-1749 [...] Costa Rica. Cate from the Caffeinated Traveller on visiting La Finca Doka, a large coffee farm in Costa Rica. [...]

]]> By: Cate http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/#comment-1730 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:26:58 +0000 http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/?p=2668#comment-1730 Hi Heather
Yes we do need groups like Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade.

I think it’s important to promote them when I can, travel is not just about sightseeing these days ecotourism helps but doesn’t cover food and beverage aspects. Maybe someone should start an ecofood travels, now that’s an idea.

]]> By: Heather on her travels http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/2009/11/17/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/#comment-1728 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:21:23 +0000 http://caffeinatedtraveller.com/?p=2668#comment-1728 I’m pleased to hear that this plantation was part of the Rainforest foundation which has a wider ethos than the purely commercial one. I try to buy Fairtrade whenever I can, so I know that the growers have got a fair price for their work.

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