tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post113317995669336642..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: Monday Morning PostscriptsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1133288190559498852005-11-29T10:16:00.000-08:002005-11-29T10:16:00.000-08:00Our church served the fair trade coffee for awhile...Our church served the fair trade coffee for awhile...not sure why they stopped, but I suspect it was a casualty of rural frugality/practiality. I'll tell you though...I go on regular retreats around the state, and I love it when congregations have the LWR coffee and chocolate on sale in the narthex; I stock up while I'm there, because my other alternative is my food coop 45 miles away, and I never know when I'm going to get down that way. And I need my coffee.;-)<BR/><BR/>I was recently at a church in Grand Rapids that was selling really beautiful cellophane-wrapped gift baskets filled with LWR fair trade goods -- they had coffee, hot cocoa and tea themed sets featuring mugs, the beverage of choice and other accoutrements.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1133287464995674312005-11-29T10:04:00.000-08:002005-11-29T10:04:00.000-08:00You might also be interested in Lutheran World Rel...You might also be interested in Lutheran World Relief's <A HREF="http://www.lwr.org/coffee/index.asp" REL="nofollow">Fair Trade Coffee Project</A> to get fair trade coffee into your church. They also have fair trade chocolate...mmm...chocolate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542931247957198888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1133266881152813362005-11-29T04:21:00.000-08:002005-11-29T04:21:00.000-08:00Hmmm...it's worth a try. The nearest Starbuck's i...Hmmm...it's worth a try. The nearest Starbuck's is 35 miles away, and in my experience the help there is more susceptible to -- what was that phrase? -- <I>communication breakdown</I> -- than most. (As in -- they're not people who actually like coffee or drink their own coffee, so if you throw non-Starbuck's coffee-aficionado jargon at them you get the deer-in-the-headlights stare: "Huh?")LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1133245453034072122005-11-28T22:24:00.000-08:002005-11-28T22:24:00.000-08:00If you're ever out of Higher Grounds coffee, maybe...If you're ever out of Higher Grounds coffee, maybe you might try the <A HREF="http://greenlagirl.blogspot.com/2005/11/starbucks-challenge-20.html" REL="nofollow">Starbucks Challenge</A>?Sielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113139469651305734noreply@blogger.com