fair trade
All posts tagged "fair trade"Direct Trade Tea: Interview with Beth Johnston from Teas Etc
Fair trade is something I’ve written about before on Tea Finely Brewed. I wrote last year about why I believe it’s important and before Christmas I shared a post about four online shops selling fair trade tea.
A while after writing that second article, I noticed a note on Teas Etc about direct trade tea. Until then, I hadn’t heard of this concept; intrigued, I asked Beth Johnston, Teas Etc’s tea purveyor, if she would mind sharing a bit more about what direct trade tea is, how it compares to fair trade, and her thoughts on fair trade tea in general. I hope you find her responses as interesting as I did!
My Oxfam tea cup
The Tung Ting Oolong tea wasn’t my only tea-related Christmas present this year. Bec also picked up a cool tea cup for me from the Oxfam shop. Oxfam, in case you didn’t know, is an organization working to fight poverty and injustice throughout the world. One way it does this is by selling handmade goods created by workers in third world countries, who are paid fairly for their work.
But, the cup…