It’s national coffee day today in Germany.
He is what I will be drinking, depending on where I am:
Fair Trade
November 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
I have been buying Fair Trade products for many years, although I was maybe not aware of the wide range that is now available. I remember trying the coffee for the first time many years ago, and not really being that thrilled with it.
Chocolate with the Fair Trade logo
That said, there was a time when I regularly bought the orange juice and the quinoa.
I returned to the subject a couple of weeks ago during a seminar in Frankfurt, where there was not only a presentation about the Fair Trade principles and organisation, but a chance to try some of the chocolate that is produced, one type of which was actually very good.
One question that came up was whether there were coffee pads with the Fair Trade certification – and apparently there are. So I set off in search of them.
For a while now my company has been buying a brand of sugar that carries the Fair Trade logo, and now – after visiting several supermarkets in the area – I can happily say that we have switched to the coffee pads as well. Not only do I think that the coffee tastes better than when I first tried it all those years ago, but the pads are actually cheaper than the brand we were using before!
Which products do you buy?
A day in Venlo
July 20, 2009 By 3 Comments
This week the Monday Podcast took a trip to Venlo – a town situated just over the Dutch border.
It is easily reached from Germany via the A40 and A61 motorways and many people go over the border to shop, as some things are considerably cheaper on the Dutch side, coffee being the prime example of this.
The town played a pivotal role in the Second World War, as it was an incident that took place there between British, Dutch and German intelligence that gave Germany a reason to invade the Netherlands, citing the incident as proof that the country was no longer neutral.
For those wishing to sample the Dutch culture, but not able to speak the language, Venlo offers a good opportunity as most of the people serving in shops and cafés also speak German and the menus in restaurants are often in both languages.
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