The average price for 1 lb of coffee from Tanzania is $9.
There are 2000 beans in 1 lb of coffee.
There are 50 beans in 1 cup of coffee ($0.225/cup).
The average American consumes 24 gallons of coffee a year.
The average American consumes 384 cups of coffee a year.
This equates to 19200 beans a year or 9.6 lbs a year.
The average American spends $86.4 on coffee beans a year.
The average salary in Tanzania is 70,000 shillings (1 USD = 1000 shillings).
In 2000/01 53% of Tanzanians worked in agriculture (63% in 1991/92).
Tanzanian coffee is considered 'premium coffee' by American consumers.
Starbucks does not pay $9 for a pound of coffee, they pay much less.
How much do you pay for a cup of coffee at Starbucks?
Can you believe how much people are willing to pay for shitty background music, people chatting on cell phones every 2 feet, working on laptops at every table, and that precious green logo on a paper cup? Me either.
Buy freetrade coffee and a french press.
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