quote: Starbucks Corp. announced Tuesday that it will soon start selling its first Rwandan-grown coffee in North American stores.
I know that this is a good thing. That it will give poor Rwandan farmers (those that weren't mass murdered) something to grow to make money...
But when I read this headline, the topic title was the first thing I thought of =(
Pix
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
I know you put that as a bad thing but your title made me laugh. Saying and then we shall go forth and feed on the blood of the innocent is like a joke saying between me and a good freind of mine. And then after I read the actual content i felt bad. Then I read the title again and laughed again. I'm such a terrible person....
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I thought this thread was going to be about Jewish Passover food or something.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
I've long been saying that the nasty aftertaste in Starbucks coffee comes from the blood of the oppressed.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
I thought I was the only one who tasted that....
Of course, I've only had one cup in my entire life. And I plan to keep it that way.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
Something tells me not a very large percentage of the $4.00 frapacinos will be going to Rwandan farmers.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Storm Saxon: I thought this thread was going to be about Jewish Passover food or something.
Yum!
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
The Blood of the Innocent isn't Kosher! Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
What about the Blood of the Oppressed? Or are they included with the Innocent?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Which is why you find so few Orthodox Jewish Vampires.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Do vampires count as living?
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
For those that buy coffee in the morning, where do you buy yours? And what do you put in it?
And for those that make their own coffee, what brand do you buy?
Just curious.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
In the morning I make my own. I use Equal Exchange fair trade coffee, and put in surcant (minimally processed cane sugar) and soy milk.
I occasionally visit Starbucks in the afternoon for an additional luxury beverage which varies widely epending on my mood and the tempurature outside. Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
quote: Something tells me not a very large percentage of the $4.00 frapacinos will be going to Rwandan farmers.
Not likely, since Frappuccino's are made with instant coffee. On a side note, let me tell you how much I love telling that to the frappuccino drinkers who think their such coinsures.
I may work for these people, but I won't spout out any more of their corperate advertising than I absolutely have to. Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
I buy my coffee from a little place called "Salt Lake Coffee Break." In the morning, I make myself tea. I use half and half and sugar, because darnit, I deserve a little decadence in my coffee!
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:I know that this is a good thing. That it will give poor Rwandan farmers (those that weren't mass murdered) something to grow to make money...
In general, cash crops only benefit the landowner. In the long run, we help the poor more by NOT importing crops from starving nations.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bob the Lawyer: Do vampires count as living?
Well, technically, they're undead.
But if you follow the Dracula 2000 story, vampires are supposedly descendents of Judas...
And we all know that Dracula 2000 is the epitome of vampire movies, since any movie with "2000" in it is SO THE COOLEST.
-pH
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
"Well, technically, they're undead."
I had that exact sentence typed out when I was writing my above post, but then I deleted it before I posted. Exact. Same. Wording. Honestly.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Cash crops tend to mostly enrich large land owners, middlemen, and the FirstWorld. ThirdWorld farmers rarely receive much more than enough to pay off seed/planting/etc loans and subsistence. In the case of cocoa/chocolate for the last few years, the typical African farmer isn't making even that much.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: "Well, technically, they're undead."
I had that exact sentence typed out when I was writing my above post, but then I deleted it before I posted. Exact. Same. Wording. Honestly.
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