Free starbucks coffee on Wed 27th Feb from 2pm

neral1

Its a regular cup of coffee mind you not cappucino.

Mickey_Monk

If you are into coffee.
There is a seller on ebay selling 1kg bags of Starbucks fairtrade decaffeinated beans for only 99p.
These are £8 a bag in Costco so a massive bargain.

He has lots of positive feedback from people who have bought it so it must be OK.

pigfarmersdaughter

nmcnelis wrote: »

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Basically, the area in Ethiopia were Starbucks get their coffee from is in the middle of a famine due to the ridiculously small amount the farmers get paid for their coffee beans. It works out that the farmer gets paid about 1/1000 of the cost of a cup of coffee.

It's an interesting argument - I wasn't aware that pricing structure affected the weather now. How should Starbucks arrange for more rain to sub-saharan Africa? The UN benchmark for poverty is an income of less than $1 per day; £2.10 is not a lot, but it is a start and unless we can come up with another crop that doesn't have environmental/ transport/ ethical connotations, we should keep buying ANY fairtrade product. Instead of boycotting the companies, boycott the non-fairtrade product. That way the message is stronger.

nmcnelis

Obviously the cost of coffee does not affect the weather, however, it does affect the farmers ability to cope with it. If the farmers were paid more they could buy food from other areas not affected by drought.
I completely agree that we should continue to buy fairtrade products and boycott non-fairtrade but you also have to look at the wider actions of the companies. Only a small percentage of Stabucks coffee is Fairtrade. Also, Starbucks opposition to Ethiopian farmers trademarking their coffee (they eventually caved after a huge international campaign) shows that they are willing to put profit before the livelihood of these people.

lil_jewel

pigfarmersdaughter wrote: »

It's an interesting argument - I wasn't aware that pricing structure affected the weather now. How should Starbucks arrange for more rain to sub-saharan Africa?

The famine isn't to do with the weather, but the inability for the farmers to feed their families due to the income from coffee - their livelihood. It's unfortunately true that starbucks and the other four big producers are only responding to demand, so if people boycotted non-fairtrade coffee, they would be pushed towards supplying mor fairtade goods. It feels very uncomfortable to know the famer gets $0.57 per kilo and we pay an upwards of £1.10 per cup (approx 80 cups in one kilo).

star76_2

nmcnelis wrote: »

Obviously the cost of coffee does not affect the weather, however, it does affect the farmers ability to cope with it. If the farmers were paid more they could buy food from other areas not affected by drought.
I completely agree that we should continue to buy fairtrade products and boycott non-fairtrade but you also have to look at the wider actions of the companies. Only a small percentage of Stabucks coffee is Fairtrade. Also, Starbucks opposition to Ethiopian farmers trademarking their coffee (they eventually caved after a huge international campaign) shows that they are willing to put profit before the livelihood of these people.

Yes, only a small percentage of Starbucks coffee is Fairtrade certified, however they pay more than the fair trade price for ALL of their coffee. The reason they didn't want the Ethiopian farmers to trademark their coffee was because other farmers have done the same and basically priced themselves out of the market (i.e. no one would pay the price for the newly trademarked coffee). Starbucks only actually purchase 3% of the worlds coffee, it is the freeze dried coffee products that are the real nasties!

bargainhunter90

Will I be able to get it at Starbucks inside Virgin Active after my workout after work that would be nice :cool:

Beate

Sipping my free coffee right now, from Starbucks near Moorgate Station, London. Very efficient, they handed one to everyone near the entrance, and a postcard which entitles you to a 2 for 1 deal on any beverages.

m_s

I got mine here in Birmingham - they were really good: gave me three of those buy-one-get-one-free vouchers and a small bag of ground coffee. Now, do I have the caffeine capacity to get another one from the branch I have to walk past after work? Probably.

surfsister

thanks op best cofee I'ver had for ages!!