Tag: Coffee - Page 7
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North Branch Mocha Brownie Soap
Coffee grounds are a natural deodorizer you can between rub your hands to get rid of the pong of garlic, onions, or fish after you're through preparing the nosh. If a handful of squelchy java mush proves too icky, try North Branch's mocha brownie
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Wretched Excess Dept: Coffee at $15 Per Cup
In Vancouver, a good cup of coffee costs fifteen bucks. "It reminds me of a fine glass of cognac," said customer Borislav Trifonov, as he sat sipping the pricey dark brew at Caffe Artigiano in downtown Vancouver
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America Runs on Fair-Trade Dunkin'
Dunkin' Donuts has never broadcast the fact that all its espresso, cappuccinos, and lattes are 100 percent-certified fair trade. Till now, that is, if you can call placing a blink-and-you'll-miss-it fair-trade sticker on its store doors tooting its own
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London Stations Lose Fair-Trade Shops
AMT are a chain of cafes that operate out of London train stations. They serve only fair-trade coffee, which we like - both for its ethical sourcing and its early morning caffeine kick. Unfortunately though, they have lost the contract to work out of
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TH Forums Highlights: How to Green Your Friends, Best Green Bumperstickers and More...
It's been another fascinating week of chatter and discussion at TreeHugger Forums. It's great to see such a wide variety of people and subjects under discussion; as always, we encourage you to register here (it's free!), log in and talk amongst
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Seen in New York: The Treats Truck
We spied Sugar the Treats Truck, which we've covered before, next to the Barnes & Noble on 23rd and 6th.
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One Year Ago in TH: Mr. Entertainment - Al Gore, Sofa Brick & The Most Efficient Modern House?
A year is a long time, and a lot can happen over the course of one lap around the sun. Since we know we can't get where we're going without knowing where we've been, here's what was on TreeHugger, one year ago.Al Gore graced the cover of "Entertainment
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"Change" -- Coaster/Cup Sleeve Combo by Chun-Chia Hsu
Java jacket, sleeve, hot holder: call 'em what you will, but those things are everywhere. While we'd prefer that everyone used a travel mug all of the time, TreeHugger acknowledges that there are circumstances under which carrying a mug around is just
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Green Mountain Coffee + Jane Goodall = Happy Chimps
Save chimps and support small farmers, one sip at a time, with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' Gombe Special Reserve line. A collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental
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Fair Trade: Not just for Hipsters
You wouldn't know it was Earth Day reading the New York Times, but at least they have discovered another good thing, fair trade. The Times says: "Fair trade, like more familiar labels such as organic, cruelty-free
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Is Organic Coffee Doomed?
Will organic-coffee lovers need a different kind of fix, soon? Earlier this month, Salon published a story decrying the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent tightening of organic-certification requirements. The main sticking point: These revised
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Green Suggestions for Coffee Shops
I recently realized that the coffee companies of Toronto (and, no doubt, of the Western hemisphere) waste a tremendous
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Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee at Holiday Inn Hotels
The Rainforest Alliance has dropped us a note to announce that Holiday Inn will start serving Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee in the nearly 1,000 hotels that the company has in the USA. It's not a perfect deal: Holiday Inn has commited that "at
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Siel's 100-Mile Diet Adventures Finale
Coffee's the first thing I have in the morning, as anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows. And most who drink coffee know that those beans doesn't
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Cafédirect: Fairtrade Coffee Company
Cafédirect is the UK's largest Fairtrade coffee company. Its CEO, Penny Newman, just came second to the head of Marks & Spencer in a business award competition to celebrate "Great Britons". The judges said that she "proves that you can be
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Planetary Design French Press Travel Mugs
Planetary Design makes some of the nicest looking travel mugs I've seen in a long while—maybe ever. Their line of stainless steel gear is based on the original travel French press, a brilliant idea that puts the press and the mug together into the
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domino & TreeHugger's Green List: Food
As TreeHugger has noted time and again, it would be far preferable if we could all saunter out our front doors, head down the street and pick up delicious, fresh, local organic food from a farmer's market or local co-op each day or each week;
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Man Eats only Fair Trade for a Fortnight
As Leonora noted, it is Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK. While I suspect that more North Americans know about Fair Trade than what a fortnight is, two weeks of Fair Trade promotion is a wonderful idea. Ben Clowney is eating nothing but fair trade for the
