Fair trade coffee is the perfect drink for the socially conscious coffee lover.

By purchasing and drinking fair trade coffee, you will be assisting small coffee farmers that often struggle to make a living wage despite growing coffee beans that are used in expensive specialty coffee drinks.

Additionally, you will be helping the environment, as most free trade coffee is also shade grown coffee that supports a coffee growing process that doesn’t cause as much environmental harms as sun cultivation coffee growing.

You will also be helping yourself by buying fair trade coffee, as fair trade is also usually organic coffee and has excellent taste that is irresistible.

• "Fair Trade Certified coffees are among the best", says industry expert Bob Fulmer, President of Royal Coffee (a leading specialty coffee importer in the US). Coffee Review consistently ranks Fair Trade Certified coffees high for taste.

• You can source the coffees that best meet your needs. Fair Trade Certified coffee is available from 300 cooperatives in 23 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa.

TransFair distributes a monthly Green Coffee Availability list to licensed roasters, detailing all the products available through Fair Trade licensed importers.

• Fair Trade provides farmers the income they need to invest in quality, with modernized processing facilities and technical training - steps that improve flavor and consistency in the final product.