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Award for 'shade coffee'
Green Ideas editorial team
Local coffee roaster Karajoz has returned from the Australian International Coffee Awards with a swag of medals, including bronze for the superior flavour of its fairtrade organic blend Organico.
Karajoz says the beans for its blend are grown 'chainsaw-free', with the coffee plants grown in the shade of the jungle. The plants take longer to grow, but benefit from the natural insect control provided by jungle birds and animals, so are produced without chemical fertilisers or pesticides. And of course, the natural environment is preserved.
Karajoz doesn’t display the Fairtrade logo, but sources all its beans from a certified Fairtrade supplier.