As a drug it's actually pretty benign.

But every time I buy coffee, I am feeding the beast of global exploitation and environmental damage.

Compared to drinking coffee, the alternative is: simply don't do that. And if I take the alternative, the carbon footprint, other environmental footprint reduces a bit and reduces the profits of exploitative power structures.

The industry is just a waste of fossil fuels and logistics, really, seeing as it serves no particular purpose because life runs just fine without coffee.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Third way: buy coffee directly from the Zapatistas. It's great, I buy it all the time. Not cheap but you're avoiding the exploitation. I suppose you still have the environmental issues, though.

    But good for you if you decide to go through with it. I don't like how if I don't have coffee in the morning, I eventually get a headache so that tells me maybe I should scale back.

    • Sharon [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Another plus is the Zapatista coffee ships quickly from Michigan if you are ordering in the US

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      https://www.onelovebrigade.com/product-page/1lbs-of-thunder-s-select-blue-mountain-coffee

      Supposedly this brand is legitimate too

    • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I don't know if you can in the US, but I can buy Cuban coffee at my local drug store chain.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Definitely can't in the US. Sucks, I'd buy all my treats from Cuba and the DPRK if I could.

      • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I'm lucky that i know a few people who go to cuba regularly, so i get them to pick up a few bags of coffee for me when they get back. Can't stand grocery store coffee anymore.