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Hmm-may be a stupid question but...

posted 14 years ago by scootercandy
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If the wife wanted coffee so bad why didn't she just brew her own? I know it wouldn't be locally grown but she could have at least bought fair trade coffee.

[–] henrich-13 14 years ago

I haven't seen the documentary yet, but I'm guessing the book does into more depth. The whole 'locally grown' rule was because of the environmental impact caused by shipping food, growing it in green-houses, etc. Not to mention how the coffee beans are harvested, which likely isn't in the most sustainable way.

[–] scootercandy 14 years ago

I know bc it isn't locally grown and I don't want to ruin the movie for you but the wife would have been a bit more pleasant with the coffee;)

[–] the sphynx 13 years ago

Fair trade practices weren't the issue here. If it had to be shipped thousands of miles, it was off limits no matter how humanely produced: they couldn't buy any that year. Must've been hard to resist wheedling her friends for gifts of coffee.

There was a way around it if she'd been thinking ahead. While coffee's not my weakness, I would have stocked up a few bottles of olive oil rather than super-expensive designer boots before any such experiment. But that's me.

[–] tjejen 8 years ago

She slipped

[–] scootercandy 8 years ago

I posted this about 7 years ago-I wonder how they are doing these days.....

[–] chachah2000 8 years ago

He was just a Humans of New York feature & a commenter said they were divorced.