Chocolate, Coffee Lovers – Rejoice!
With Equal Exchange’s Coffee & Chocolate Pairing Gift Bag
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and we’ve got one more great, green gift idea for you: The Coffee & Chocolate Pairing Bag from Equal Exchange.
What makes this a great gift for your love? Well, aside from the obvious fact that the bag is filled with coffee and chocolate (be still Corey’s beating heart), the items are Earth and people-friendly, too. Hooray!
Earth friendly: Conventional coffee and chocolate production utilizes a great deal of pesticides and other chemicals, which seep into ground water and contaminate the soil. Contamination also affects wildlife and habitat.
People friendly: Organic farming is not only better for the planet, it’s better for people, too. On the front end, farmers who grow organic coffee/cacao are not exposed to the toxins (mentioned above) and the people living in the communities surrounding the plantations and farms are protected as well. Consumers drinking/eating organics are not exposed to pesticide residue. Fair Trade is people friendly because it means farmers are treated and paid fairly and ethically. Certification is done by a third-party to ensure standards.
By choosing Equal Exchange fairly traded chocolate, you help provide small-scale farmers the resources and opportunities they need to build a better future for their families and communities.
What the gift bag includes. This kit includes a variety of organic, Fair Trade coffee and chocolates and packaged in a 100% Recycled Printed Gift Bag and raffia ribbon. Plus, the one-page Guide to Chocolate & Coffee Pairing so your love can know what-the-heck he’s doing when you help him co-host a Fair Trade chocolate & coffee soiree on V-Day (hint-hint) Price: $34.95
FREE shipping and special offer: Equal Exchange chocolate bars on sale until February 14th. A “free shipping” code runs until February 14th as well. The code is “chocolatelove”. Free shipping is for UPS ground within the contingent USA only. Click here for more.
For more on why your brain loves chocolate, how to keep it sustainable, and other way to celebrate green on Valentine’s Day, click on the links provided. Have green V-day ideas of your own? Submit your comments below.
Fair trade organic coffee mixed with some fair trade chocolate is a recipe for a lovely beverage. Now, if you have some coffee experts infusing that chocolate with some expertise, you have some real potential for a drink that earns a place in my cupboards.