I'd like to start buying fair trade organic coffee. But I am a coffee
wuss. I don't like dark roasts, I brew a mild cup, and I like flavored
coffee. (Yeah yeah... Keep it to yourself...)

I've tried the 2 brands carried at my local co-op (Peace brand and
some other one that comes in a yellow bag... can't remember the
name...) and found that both were too dark, and neither brand had
hazelnut or vanilla flavored coffees. I don't want to add a corn syrup
"flavor shot" to regular coffee.

I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
might like?

Thanks in advance,
June

On 8 Feb 2007 07:55:39 -0800, " >
wrote:

>I'd like to start buying fair trade organic coffee. But I am a coffee
>wuss. I don't like dark roasts, I brew a mild cup, and I like flavored
>coffee. (Yeah yeah... Keep it to yourself...)
>
>I've tried the 2 brands carried at my local co-op (Peace brand and
>some other one that comes in a yellow bag... can't remember the
>name...) and found that both were too dark, and neither brand had
>hazelnut or vanilla flavored coffees. I don't want to add a corn syrup
>"flavor shot" to regular coffee.
>
>I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
>brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
>might like?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>June
in advance, I have to tell you that I am a (kona) coffee farmer. My
question is , I wonder how one can have organic and flavored coffee
in the same bean. I think flavor is chemically made. Am I wrong?

And before you get too excited about Fair Trade, try GOOGLE for FT.
It is a quasi political level of bureaucracy and not availabel to all-
For example, we in Hawaii do not qualify and we do everything
correctly as far as Fair Wages etc. FT just doesn't bother with us.
And the FT mark does not assure you of good coffee or flavor.

Just my $.02.

aloha,
beans
roast beans to Kona to send
farmers of pure Kona

I wonder how one can have organic and flavored coffee
> in the same bean. I think flavor is chemically made. Am I wrong?

Ah, I hadn't considered that. I don't know the answer to that - you
may be right!

Thanks,
June

In article . com>,
says...
> I wonder how one can have organic and flavored coffee
> > in the same bean. I think flavor is chemically made. Am I wrong?
>
> Ah, I hadn't considered that. I don't know the answer to that - you
> may be right!
>
> Thanks,
> June
>

I don't think that you can generalize. Some coffees are flavored by
using the actual flavor ingredient, vanilla or hazelnuts for example,
and could certainly be organic. Others surely use artificial flavoring,
not organic. If it's (the flavored coffee) labeled organic you can feel
pretty safe - the rules are quite strict.

--
Peter Aitken

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:10:14 -0500, Peter A >
wrote:

>In article . com>,
says...
>> I wonder how one can have organic and flavored coffee
>> > in the same bean. I think flavor is chemically made. Am I wrong?
>>
>> Ah, I hadn't considered that. I don't know the answer to that - you
>> may be right!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> June
>>
>
>I don't think that you can generalize. Some coffees are flavored by
>using the actual flavor ingredient, vanilla or hazelnuts for example,
>and could certainly be organic. Others surely use artificial flavoring,
>not organic. If it's (the flavored coffee) labeled organic you can feel
>pretty safe - the rules are quite strict.

I do know how they flavor macadamia nut coffee and that is with some
liquid stuff. I think we have strict USA organic rules but -and I do
not know- do we check with those other countries to be sure their
standards are like ours? Just thinking.

aloha,
beans
roast beans to Kona to send
farmers of pure Kona

> wrote in message
...
>
> And before you get too excited about Fair Trade, try GOOGLE for FT.
> It is a quasi political level of bureaucracy and not availabel to all-
> For example, we in Hawaii do not qualify and we do everything
> correctly as far as Fair Wages etc. FT just doesn't bother with us.
> And the FT mark does not assure you of good coffee or flavor.
>
> Just my $.02.

What really irks me about the current trend in the UK food culture, is the
meaningless and unattributable declarations of organic, chemical and
pesticide-free, line caught, fair-trade, pixie-picked and any other
feelgood, right-on appellation that adds an extra 10 quid to the shopping
bill.

It's all utter bullshit.

Graeme

In article >,
says...
> What really irks me about the current trend in the UK food culture, is the
> meaningless and unattributable declarations of organic, chemical and
> pesticide-free, line caught, fair-trade, pixie-picked and any other
> feelgood, right-on appellation that adds an extra 10 quid to the shopping
> bill.
>
> It's all utter bullshit.
>

No it's not, at least not here in the US. Some terms, such as
"organic," are strictly regulated and you can be confident that you know
what you are getting. Other terms of course are unregulated and are
essentially meaningless. As a consumer you need to apply a modest amount
of intelligence and effort to educate yourself in these matters.

--
Peter Aitken

In article .com>,
" > wrote:

> I'd like to start buying fair trade organic coffee. But I am a coffee
> wuss. I don't like dark roasts, I brew a mild cup, and I like flavored
> coffee. (Yeah yeah... Keep it to yourself...)
>
> I've tried the 2 brands carried at my local co-op (Peace brand and
> some other one that comes in a yellow bag... can't remember the
> name...) and found that both were too dark, and neither brand had
> hazelnut or vanilla flavored coffees. I don't want to add a corn syrup
> "flavor shot" to regular coffee.
>
> I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
> brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
> might like?

Can't help you with the coffee, but can help you with the flavour
shots... Monin syrups are made with actual sugar, and taste lovely. I'm
especially fond of half vanilla and half cinnamon in my coffee as an
occasional treat.

Miche

--
In the monastery office --
Before enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper
After enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper

On 8 Feb 2007 07:55:39 -0800, " >
wrote:

>I'd like to start buying fair trade organic coffee. But I am a coffee
>wuss. I don't like dark roasts, I brew a mild cup, and I like flavored
>coffee. (Yeah yeah... Keep it to yourself...)
>
>I've tried the 2 brands carried at my local co-op (Peace brand and
>some other one that comes in a yellow bag... can't remember the
>name...) and found that both were too dark, and neither brand had
>hazelnut or vanilla flavored coffees. I don't want to add a corn syrup
>"flavor shot" to regular coffee.
>
>I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
>brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
>might like?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>June


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On 8 Feb 2007 07:55:39 -0800, " >
wrote:

>I'd like to start buying fair trade organic coffee. But I am a coffee
>wuss. I don't like dark roasts, I brew a mild cup, and I like flavored
>coffee. (Yeah yeah... Keep it to yourself...)
>
>I've tried the 2 brands carried at my local co-op (Peace brand and
>some other one that comes in a yellow bag... can't remember the
>name...) and found that both were too dark, and neither brand had
>hazelnut or vanilla flavored coffees. I don't want to add a corn syrup
>"flavor shot" to regular coffee.
>
>I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
>brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
>might like?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>June


Are you near any of these stores?
http://www.lwr.org/advocacy/tradejus...i/ifti_how.asp

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In article .com>,
" > wrote:

> I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
> brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee that I
> might like?

June, here are a couple of options:

- Peace has a light-roast Guatemalan coffee. I also like their
Blendo Suave, which I think is quite smooth though it is not
technically a light roast. If you can't find it locally, you can
order it on-line. Or come up to The Cities. Or email me -- I think I
can hook you up. :-) Both can be flavored with Monin or Torani
flavors.

- Buy online. I've never dealt with any of these companies; they
resulted from a Web search for _organic coffee flavored_. Here were
the first two I came across. There were more.

http://www.beantrees.com/flavor.html (organic vanilla, hazelnut)

http://www.naturesflavors.com/default.php?cPath=180 (Mexican
beans; some 82 (!) flavors, including some which are just. plain.
wrong. [blueberry cheesecake flavored coffee? peanut butter? pink
grapefruit??])

Enjoy!

sd

Hi Steve and others,

Thanks for the advice and pointers.

> - Buy online.

I think that's my best option right now. I've found two FT Organic
hazelnut coffees:

http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/p...HazelnutSelect

and

http://www.deansbeans.com/coffee/H.html

And Beans, as much as I would love to have a year-round subscription
for the Kona coffee from Hawaii, I think I will have to wait for a
special occasion to order a modest bag of beans. My birthday is this
summer, maybe I will treat myself then!

Graeme, as others have said, organic does have specific legal meaning
in the US. But pixie-picked beans, LOL! Love it. Maybe the pixie
wouldn't mind helping me with the laundry during her off hours.

Thanks again to all for your thoughts,
June

"josh" wrote:
>
> I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
> brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee

Organic FLAVORED coffee... yer kidding. What's the point of organic
anything if you're preparing it with non-organic water. There is no
such thing as organic food, it's just a lot of hyperbole designed to
bait those pinheads with more dollars than brain cells. There is
definitely no such thing as organic coffee, when they start growing
coffee hydroponically then *maybe*... because there is no such thing
as organic rain water. Organic is one of those idiot words with
definitions that can never be achieved, not on this planet. If one
wants to push the organic envelop then the closest one can come to
organic farming is to grow produce on untreated human waste... hey,
micro-organisms are organic, e coli is organic.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> "josh" wrote:
>>
>> I realize this sounds silly, but could someone please recommend a
>> brand of fair trade, organic, light roast, flavored coffee
>
> Organic FLAVORED coffee... yer kidding.

<snip stuff>
If one
> wants to push the organic envelop then the closest one can come to
> organic farming is to grow produce on untreated human waste... hey,
> micro-organisms are organic, e coli is organic.
>
> Sheldon
>
Yabutt - you would have to feed the human on 'organic' food.
Catch 22.

Ken.