Comments on: Consumer power and yuppie guilt: Coffee Crisis 108 http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Tue, 22 May 2012 01:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/comment-page-1/#comment-6128 Siel Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:57:35 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=150#comment-6128 Thanks Abby! Great to hear from you :) It is quite amazing that a lot of people still drink Nescafe and Folgers -- then again, old habits die hard. FYI -- I wasn't breast fed :P And my mama drinks Folgers. Connection? I think so. We've been, for so long, conditioned to think only, or at least mainly, about prices. To my mom, coffee's a caffeine-delivery device, and the cheaper you can get it, the better. It's hard changing a mid-fifties woman's habits, but my mom also really appreciates it whenever I buy her coffee. It costs me only about $10 to get her a pre-ground (she doesn't have a grinder) container of fair trade coffee. And while she may still think of fair trade coffee as bougie coffee, she sure appreciates it when her daugher buys it for her :) Thanks Abby! Great to hear from you :) It is quite amazing that a lot of people still drink Nescafe and Folgers — then again, old habits die hard.

FYI — I wasn’t breast fed :P And my mama drinks Folgers. Connection? I think so. We’ve been, for so long, conditioned to think only, or at least mainly, about prices. To my mom, coffee’s a caffeine-delivery device, and the cheaper you can get it, the better.

It’s hard changing a mid-fifties woman’s habits, but my mom also really appreciates it whenever I buy her coffee. It costs me only about $10 to get her a pre-ground (she doesn’t have a grinder) container of fair trade coffee. And while she may still think of fair trade coffee as bougie coffee, she sure appreciates it when her daugher buys it for her :)

]]> By: Abby http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/comment-page-1/#comment-6124 Abby Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:10:43 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=150#comment-6124 A friend just introduced me to your blog and I love it!! This post just made me think about my in-law family in Ecuador . . . in most of South America coffee drinking is Nescafe only. can you believe it? in Colombia Nescafe is IT. it's popular and it's what people buy. Is it because of price? or advertising? I think getting Nestle to change their ways is so key--you know their marketing has a strong impact, after they got so many women to stop breastfeeding! I know in terms of chocolate drinks, in countries like Peru and Ecuador there are almost no national brands left: they ALL belong to Nestle now. Talk about no choice for consumers. I do have some friends who grow free trade, organic coffee in Ecuador, and it's very popular but among limited circles. A friend just introduced me to your blog and I love it!! This post just made me think about my in-law family in Ecuador . . . in most of South America coffee drinking is Nescafe only. can you believe it? in Colombia Nescafe is IT. it’s popular and it’s what people buy. Is it because of price? or advertising? I think getting Nestle to change their ways is so key–you know their marketing has a strong impact, after they got so many women to stop breastfeeding! I know in terms of chocolate drinks, in countries like Peru and Ecuador there are almost no national brands left: they ALL belong to Nestle now. Talk about no choice for consumers. I do have some friends who grow free trade, organic coffee in Ecuador, and it’s very popular but among limited circles.

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Siel Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:21:42 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=150#comment-1475 Scotte -- Interesting idea -- Hitting the mid-sized producers and marketers. Maybe like Peet's? Of course, Peet's is years ahead of the likes of Starbucks... Scotte — Interesting idea — Hitting the mid-sized producers and marketers. Maybe like Peet’s? Of course, Peet’s is years ahead of the likes of Starbucks…

]]> By: Stephanie http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Stephanie Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=150#comment-458 i got socialist too. eh, labels ... i got socialist too. eh, labels …

]]> By: Anonymous http://greenlagirl.com/consumer-power-and-yuppie-guilt-coffee-crisis-108/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=150#comment-459 Socialist? Bollocks. The US has a totally different scale when it comes to these things. Probably most European parties would rank as Socialist or at most Democrat in this test -- even the right-wing ones.<BR/><BR/>It's all in the eye of the beholder. Socialist? Bollocks. The US has a totally different scale when it comes to these things. Probably most European parties would rank as Socialist or at most Democrat in this test — even the right-wing ones.

It’s all in the eye of the beholder.

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