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   12/29/07

   techfun

   Not to mention, if roasted well, shade grown coffee TASTES better. The slower growth seems to produce a more flavorful and less bitter bean.
   
   Around here, you used to have to go to the local wild bird supply/feed/feeders/grain store to get it but now, thankfully, you can get it more places.
   
   Also, shade grown coffee is more labor intensive so brings more jobs to the areas that grow it. Because it isn't grown in regimental rows, the harvesting takes more bodies. Also, its slower growing cycle in the shade means that beans ripen at different times and that helps maintain a more stable economy in the areas where this kind of agriculture is practiced. There is less of a seasonal boom/bust cycle going on.

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   12/29/07

   JoyChaser

   I posted a link to your post on my blog. Thanks for posting this.

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   12/29/07

   crpitt

   My dad loves coffee and is a mad bird watcher, so he will love this coffee

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   12/29/07

   libdrone

   I commented on your blog post. Price is always a big consideration on our budget but I will be sure to look for the bird friendly labeling when I shop and will consider buying it if it's not too, too expensive.

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   12/29/07

   WT

   Thanks! I find it is the same price as other organic coffee. Organic anything is more expensive, unfortunately, but that's a topic for another day!
   
   -Will

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6. 

   12/29/07

   kopidunia

   Bird-friendly? That's a new approach. Considering my blog theme I shouldn't even be commenting here, but I like "real" coffee too, so thanks for the tip.

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