http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/vietnamese-arabica-failure/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/vietnamese-arabica-failure/#comment-3017 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Maxwell House coffee to go 100 pct arabica Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:31:41 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=328#comment-3017 [...] on supermarket shelves, we countered by offering mainstream America even worse coffee: using cheap Vietnamese robusta beans, chemically treating it to taste more like our usual coffee, and passing the savings on to our [...] [...] on supermarket shelves, we countered by offering mainstream America even worse coffee: using cheap Vietnamese robusta beans, chemically treating it to taste more like our usual coffee, and passing the savings on to our [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/vietnamese-arabica-failure/#comment-2264 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Movie Review: ‘Black Gold’ Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:30 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=328#comment-2264 [...] Sure, it’s not the Chewbacca defense, but, “Huh?” There are no financial breakdowns of what percentage of the price of coffee goes where in the whole supply chain. There’s no critical examination of how co-operatives work, or not, for small farmers. But perhaps the movie’s worst offense was the glaring omission of the role of the Big Four and Vietnamese robusta coffee behind the global coffee crisis. [...] [...] Sure, it’s not the Chewbacca defense, but, “Huh?” There are no financial breakdowns of what percentage of the price of coffee goes where in the whole supply chain. There’s no critical examination of how co-operatives work, or not, for small farmers. But perhaps the movie’s worst offense was the glaring omission of the role of the Big Four and Vietnamese robusta coffee behind the global coffee crisis. [...]

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