Coffee Beans in Returnable Bottles from Balluchon
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 04.12.08
Coffee is one of the early foods to have got the green buzz, and so many places now sell fair trade, shade grown, solar dried, bird friendly and organic beans that we rarely even write about it any more. However, Raymond of Toronto's Balluchon café adds another feature to the green mix: he packs his beans in mason jars and sells them with a two dollar deposit. And we love deposit systems!
On the right is Michael Schmidt of Glencolton Farms, who was busted for illegally selling raw milk, and is defending himself in court next month. The pair of them served me a fabulous raw milk latté at the Brewers Plate Dinner.
I can't understand why more operations don't implement deposit systems! people! What is happening! Who is in control here?! Us or the invisible hand?
I wonder what the CO2 emissions are per pound of coffee worldwide. I would imagine it's pretty significant.
Mmhh, these 2 guys don't look like they've been drinking only coffee...
Like buying beer from a Belgian brewery...I'd totally do that.
Nice comment, very nice info!!!