Permaculture and Coffee
- Integrative Question- Coffee Embracing Permaculture more specifically “Direct Trade” practices
Permaculture integrates three priorities: care for the Earth, care for people, and fair share. Once a product becomes a commodity it is subjected to all capitalistic rule and controversy. There are many attempts these days to start deconstructing the unethical framework that revolves around the coffee industry including attempts made by Olympia Coffee Roasters. In their mission statement OCR claims to be a “quality of life” roaster and retailer. One of the biggest impacts they make in terms of embracing their mission is through their direct trade process. Now, considering that coffee is an import and commodity, and that this won’t change anytime soon, applying direct trade practice is the first step to take in terms of fair share practices and caring for the people. In an article entitled “Coffee with a Conscience” direct trade “seeks to provide fair prices for small farmers and encourages them to sustainable,Continue Reading
Field Study
- 19 Nov 2015
Downtown Olympia has a unique melting pot charm when it comes to coffee shops and what each shop offers to the community that compliments theContinue Reading
- 19 Nov 2015
At Olympia Coffee Roasters we got to experience a full cupping experience; complete with all the types of coffee that they offered at their establishment.Continue Reading
- 19 Nov 2015
In the sound clip Oliver touches on acidity in coffee and Sam discusses scale in terms of coffee suppliers. Image: Picture of OlympiaContinue Reading
- 19 Nov 2015
Business Name Business Address Resourceful People Aspects of Terroir Obsidian 414 4th Ave E, Olympia WA n/a They are currently using espresso from a localContinue Reading
- 19 Nov 2015
Site Visit: Insight: Batdorf & Bronson Sometimes they will age their coffee a bit if it tastes too “squirrel-y”. Generally though, they only roast coffeeContinue Reading
Terroir +
- 19 Nov 2015
In coffee, I want to be able to attribute a lot of the taste to terroir… but really all the facts are just against it.Continue Reading
- 19 Nov 2015
Terroir has a very rough definition because of the fact that it is something more abstract in principle, and different individuals have their different backgroundsContinue Reading
