I will give you a quick rundown of what organic means, and why I think people should strictly drink organic coffee.
1) No synthetic compounds or pesticides can be used to grow certified organic crops.
2) Organic certified products can't use Frankenstein, genetically engineered crops or animals.
3) In order for an item to bare the organic label it may only contain certified organic ingredients and/or processing agents, excluding water and salt.
4) Items baring the organic label will contain at least 95% organic certified components, and the balance 5% must be components
otherwise not available in an organic counterpart.
5) The USDA organic logo may be displayed on any 100% organic or "Organic" item.
6) Food products labeled organic, such as organic coffee, can't be treated with sewage sludge (yes modern crops are), or ionizing radiation.
I'm not trying to bore you with mindless organic labeling information, but you should understand what you're dealing with "organic" products. I know you may be wondering when we're going to get to the organic coffee, we'll here we go. Since we are considering coffee, you can be almost completely confident that 100% of the coffee beans are organic in an organically grown coffee.
Do you want to know why you should care if your coffee is organic?
1) I certainly wouldn't want to imbibe something that was treated with sewage sludge, do you?
2) One of my biggest comforts with the USDA organic certification is no genetically modified plants.
3) If you can't handle caffeine then only drink organic decaf. coffee, or don't drink coffee at all. Carcinogenic chemicals such as ethyl acetate and methylene chloride are used in processing standard decaf. coffees. Organic decaf. coffees are done with hot water and not chemicals. Recent evidence show that drinking decaf. leads to rheumatoid arthritis. More studies need to be done to compare conventional (chemical decaf.) and water processed decaf.
4) Pesticides are bad for the farmers. Coffee is grown in many poor places in the world, and many farmers are unable to understand herbicide warning labels, leading to improper preparation of chemicals, and therefore, toxic exposure for them and the environment.
I could go on and on about why you should only buy organic coffee. Then there is the production of pesticides and herbicides. The environmental damage from this alone is reason enough to persuade anyone to buy organic coffee.
Lastly, one must think about the total love and attention that comes from growing coffee organically. The farmers inspect and nurture their crops, resulting in perfectly developed beans. It's never too late to start drinking organic coffee. So give it a try, you may be happy as a clam.
If you would like to try Organic Coffee, then click on the following link, Nectar of Life Organic Coffee Company. You'll be surprised how good organic coffee tastes!
http://www.nectaroflife.com
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