Hi everybody!
I have a question which bothers me since I care about good coffee. A local roaster once told me it is nearly impossible to get high amounts of fair-traded and/or organic beans that are of a high quality.
I think that's pretty mad, so I today went to the local "SuperBioMarkt", a supermarket here which has only organic stuff, and bought some "Demeter" coffee - Fair traded and organic grown from Mexico. The smell was rather promising.
But, as I expected, they really were not that fresh, and the coffee tasted in my French press, well, like good coffee you can buy pre-roasted in a supermarket.
So, back to the question, is it at all possible to get high-quality coffee that is fair-traded, organic _and_ well roasted _and not_ preground? Seems quite illusory to me, sadly.