Friendship, Fireworks and Fair Trade Coffee
What do you think of when you think of July 4 th ? Parades, fireworks, fun in the sun, lots of barbecue and grilled veggies---and fair trade coffee. Why not? This year, the friends who hosted me and my family served up an amazing spread (as usual) replete with grilled lamb and chicken, hot dogs, grilled veggies, and roasted potatoes. I brought a vegan cake (from Asia B ) and grapefruit San Pelligrino. We ate, we drank, we laughed, we swam in the saltwater pool, and then we ate more. Finally, it was time for coffee---but I was shocked to learn that everything, even Starbucks, was closed. (Gasp…what could we do?) As it turned out the only option was to “brew” a coffee pod in an old-model Keurig---and I was happy to have it. The coffee was brewed in a large cup…and it was delicious. At first, to me, it was just another box of k-cups---until I tasted it. The coffee was an organic French Roast from the Rogers Family Company, a San Francisco-based company that has been