» Listings for 2012

1. Uh oh! Could climate change really make coffee extinct?

   Posted on 4:06pm Friday 16th Nov 2012

   News about climate change affecting coffee production is not good! CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE

2. Oh, we're so bad at this!

   Posted on 4:05pm Wednesday 17th Oct 2012

   Just realised no news since we moved! Which isn't true it's just that we've been really busy and an oversight on updating the website. So bad at keeping news stories up to date - sorry. Facebook has more of the day-to-day updates from us but watch here soon for new crop updates from Brazil and Tanzania. 

3. WE'RE MOVING!

   Posted on 4:04pm Monday 11th Jun 2012

   Ethical Addictions has a new home as of Monday 18th June, 2012:

   Rear Warehouse
   69A Alvin Street
   Gloucester
   GL1 3EH 

   But it's more than just a new warehouse and offices

   We definitely benefit from a great office and distribution space, but we also get to partner with an exciting new project starting in Gloucester. Roots Coffee Community is a social enterprise seeking to create a coffee shop and community space to serve people in the Kingsholm area. As part of their site, they have a warehouse to let and as such we can support their work by being a good tenant (and on-site supplier!)

4. Overdue I know but here it is...

   Posted on 4:03pm Friday 23rd Mar 2012

   Sorry for the delay in getting this latest update out but it seems like February just disappeared! You can donwload/view a higher resolution pdf version here.

   And read more about these stories on the EXPLORE or COFFEE pages, or there's another news posting on this page too.

5. We're back! News from Orera, Kilimanjaro

   Posted on 4:01pm Thursday 22nd Mar 2012

   Following our visit to the Orera village in December I want to share the following updates and some photos (even more photos on the photo pages):

   
   The harvest was early and so most of the picking was done. All the beans were in the final days of drying before going to the mill and then being packed to send to us in the UK. 

   
   We made some pre-payments on the crop which is essential for smallholders given they often have no other sources of income, and no lines of credit like big companies. The money helped them to pay for food for Christmas and for education fees due early in the new year. 

   We looked around the vilage and met with the kids, taking gifts and playing silly games. We sat through long meetings and then one-by-one paid each smallholder and had them sign for their reciept which is such a huge leap forward in transparency and avoids dispute and corruption (even if it is a long process!) See the list of signatures here.

   
   There was further encouragement with progress on tree-planting by the Community Club and a new bee project. The land that was jointly purchased for pulpery and processing is now finalised and ready for the building of a store house which EA were able to make a donation towards construction.

   Great trip, and encouraging to see the real difference we get to make. The work we do is a priviledge and we've returned thankful for the customers we have who make it all possible.