11-19-2002, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Your coffee could be bad
http://www.msnbc.com/news/837091.asp
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In fact, quality has gotten so poor that in recent weeks, the ICO issued new rules requiring coffee-exporting countries to improve their product � or stop selling it. That is good news for consumers, because the new standards are significantly higher than the U.S. government�s own rules: Currently, Food and Drug Administration rules essentially permit unripe or moldy beans, gravel and other junk to constitute as much as 30% of a cup of �pure� coffee, industry experts say.
The falling prices on the global coffee market are having a direct impact on the coffee you drink. Kraft Foods, which makes Maxwell House, says its second-largest supplier of coffee is now Vietnam, which grows some of the cheapest � and lowest-quality � beans in the world. (Kraft�s largest supplier is Brazil, and second-largest used to be Colombia.)
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11-19-2002, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I suspect I'll soon be in the market for my own coffee grinder.
Edward
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