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I’m so pleased to introduce you to Pura Vida Coffee. Not just because they’re an excellent cup of coffee, which to me is an essential part of prying open my eyes in the morning. But even more important than a fine brew, Pura Vida is using their capacity as a company to reach out and help those countries responsible for growing their coffee. Fair trade, organic, and eco-friendly with a humanitarian presence in five different countries, Pura Vida donates thousands of dollars to various charities and is actively involved with numerous organizations through their project “Create Good”, helping the very countries who provide them with high-quality shade grown beans.
Maybe that’s the extra something special that one can taste in this organic coffee – their sense of responsibility for everything from the coffee drinker’s experience to the coffee growers themselves. Every variety I’ve tried from Pura Vida has been a quality, flavorful cup from beans fresh roasted in small batches. Whether you prefer something bold and full of flavor such as their dark and delicious French Roast or my personal favorite due to its complex intensity, Cafe Kilimanjaro; or if you lean more towards the aromatic flavored coffees such as Irish Cream or French Vanilla, Pura Vida delivers a gourmet cup every time. I like to mix things up by preparing my coffee as an espresso, a cappuccino, regular drip – even “stuff-left-on-the-bottom” Turkish. You can’t prepare things like espresso or Turkish with an inferior bean; I’ve not been disappointed with Pura Vida’s performance in any of these variations. The full flavor of freshly roasted beans makes a huge difference in the end product of something as demanding as a Turkish brew!
I always look forward to sharing companies such as Pura Vida with my readers. When a company is able to balance a good quality product with caring for the environment and for people in need, I’ll gladly sing their praises. We should feel good about the purchases we make; it’s nice to know where our consumer dollars are going for a change, isn’t it?
It’s time to try some Pura Vida Coffee for yourself! One carp(e) libris reviews reader will win a bag of the coffee of their choice; be prepared to help change your world!
Multiple Options for Entry:
1.) Just visit the Pura Vida website and tell me something this company does to help better the world. (You may enter once a day.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.
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Feel free to do all four to gain several entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, to enter.
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they are FAIR TRADE
Saturday Entry.
They provide living wages
Today’s entry
My Saturday entry! Remember “earth hour” tonight.
I subscribe and I love coffee
Daily Entry 3/28
gkstratos@yahoo.com
Pure Vida is a Fair Trade organization and also helps provide food and necessities to starving children, besides housing and education. They should definitely be applauded for their good work!
I love fair trade, more companies should be like this!
provide necessities to Central America
Pura Vida coffee is made from 100% Arabica beans
They are working on a sustainable tree project in Peru. Thanks for the chance.
I’m an active subsciber!
love that the compnay gives back
wages to farmers
They provide a decent wage so farmers can support their families.
jwright (at) iowatelecom (dot) net
Daily Entry 3/29
gkstratos@yahoo.com
Sunday entry, please.
It was interesting to see that shade-grown coffee facilitates a bio-diverse environment by providing a natural habitat for forest birds and reducing deforestation and erosion. I like that they are caring of the environment while producing a product for sale.
Fair Trade Pura Vida volunteers are helping to restore the beautiful pristine Hazel Wolf Wetlands in King County Washington.
Sunday’s entry!
They provide living wages so that farmers can support their families.
love to win
Fair trade farming=living wages for farmers. Definitely a good thing.
I subscribe am a coffee addict
Would love to win
I’m back for another day! Almost missed it…long night last night.
another entry for a some goooood java
Fair Trade enables producers to invest in the farms, communities and also promotes protection of the environment
shade grown coffee helps prevent the mature trees from being destroyed to make farming easier
they provide self sustaining clean water for the villagers!
Daily Entry: 3/30
gkstratos@yahoo.com
My daily entry. Thanks.
Monday’s entry!
I love the fact that they help citizens in five different countries!
wetlands preservation in Washington state
suscriber
“In 2007, Pura Vida initiated a $45,000 project with El Porvenir to provide clean water and sanitation to six villages in Nicaragua”
My Monday entry!
provide living wages
In Peru they are working with a reforestation project with handicapped children. One of the types of trees is called camu camu.
By purchasing and selling only 100% Fair Trade, organic, shade-grown coffee, they help ensure that farmers around the world receive a fair wage and can support their families.
I am an email subscriber. Thanks for the giveaway.
I tweeted the giveaway (slmiresse) … here’s the tweet. slmiresse Win Pura Vida coffee. They help the world! http://tinyurl.com/ckq28z
They PROVIDE LIVING WAGES FOR FARMERS AND PRODUCERS. Thanks!
They are providing clean water and sanitation projects in Nicaragua!
Thanks
Monday’s entry. Thanks!
I love that Pura Vida operates programs for at-risk children in areas where their coffee is grown.
Fair trade farming is good for the environment by helping farmers with responsible farming practices.
Monday’s entry