Here’s some information I found on organic coffee from the people at French Press Coffee…

Organic Flavored Coffee

Coffee drinkers today want to know that by purchasing organic flavored coffee they are  helping to improve working conditions for coffee farmers, protecting the environment, and promoting sustainable practices around the globe.

Organic flavored coffee means that only 100% natural flavorings (fruit & nut extracts) are used to produce flavored organic coffees. Certified organic coffees must be grown, harvested, and processed without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Farms that grow certified organic coffees are tested for chemicals by an independent certification agency for three consecutive years.

Natural and organic are not interchangeable. Other truthful claims, such as free-range, hormone-free, and natural, can still appear on food labels. However, don’t confuse these terms with “organic.” Only food labeled “organic” has been certified as meeting USDA organic standards.

By choosing organic flavored coffee, even though it may cost a bit more, it is a simple extension of your personal beliefs that everything we do should help, rather than harm, the world in which we live.

Organic coffee, like other organic or all natural foods, is sold in an entirely different section of your local supermarket. This type of coffee is sold in caffeinated and decaffeinated as well as flavored with vanilla, chocolate hazelnut or anything else you can think of that regular coffee comes in. Organic flavored coffee (like other all-natural products) must contain a seal indicating it is, in fact, organic. This is an FDA classification and cannot be overlooked.

For us, high quality extends beyond the excellence of our roasts. It includes high quality in the growing and methods of farming, and fair and respectful treatment of those who grow our fine coffee. By supporting Fair Trade Certified products provides an additional opportunity for us and our customers to have a meaningful impact on the working and living conditions faced by many who grow, harvest and process coffee throughout the world.

Each year over 40 million gallons of chemical pesticides, untold millions of gallons of herbicides, and billions of pounds of fungicides are used by the international coffee industry. Do you see how you are saving the earth by supporting organically grown coffees?

When organic flavored coffee is a product that is higher in quality, delivers better taste, and can be offered at the same price as a high-quality non-organic product, why purchase a non-organic product?

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Treat Yourself To Organic Flavored Coffee

Drink coffee, and drink to your health!

Yep, remember that little ditty about beans you used to chant when you were a kid? Well, here’s a new version for you:

Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit,
Coffee’s a Bean that won’t make you toot,
The more you drink the better you’ll feel,
So drink some coffee for every meal!

Seriously, after taking a bad rap for so long because of the caffeine, coffee is back on the health food charts. While it doesn’t have significant amounts of vitamins or minerals, its antioxidant properties are fantastic! In fact, coffee is one of the top antioxidant beverages consumed worldwide.

It seems some of the health benefits of coffee are some of those lovely phytochemicals with have similar antioxidant benefits to those found in many fruits and vegetables.

Studies have shown other health benefits of coffee are to cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis, lessen memory loss, reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease in men, and lower the chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

Of course, regular coffee does have about 60 to 130 mg of caffeine per cup that acts as a stimulant. Caffeine can help with alertness, but too much can cause the jitters. So while you may not want to drink coffee for every meal as suggested in my little rhyme, coffee has a green light as a health food drink again.

Enjoy your morning brew!

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Coffee Makes a Comeback!