coffee is a staple for many a habit is even a ritual and it's getting cheaper all the time. the european road stores are making bigger and bigger profits arning more and more money from coffee and the small farmers in africa who produce the coffee are getting less and less. shipping rule coffee beans has a high carbon footprint that's reviving interest in traditional transportation methods. change starts with a small group of people who others dismisses dreamers and then. is it even possible to change the $1000000000.00 coffee business. we're doing something no one's ever done before. many coffee lovers are eager to do more to support fair trade.

nicola but if it normally works and if it and cathay today however the 29 year old is gearing up for a competition and she's a bit nervous. nicole is about this stuff a professional who knows the ins and outs of a good cup of brew she has his sights set on being crowned world champion at berlin's world of coffee trade fair. just don't think of it think i think you have to be a bit crazy to do something like this but coffee is simply part of my life the biggest part actually. which is why she's interested in everything to do with coffee including how it's produced and transported and above all who makes money from it and who doesn't. i meant that when. any other product we always want to know every

detail right down to the name of the cow before we buy a carton of milk it's ups and downs we don't have that option with coffee at all because 95 percent of the market is dominated by a very opaque trading system and. coffee is traded on stock exchanges which is why the purchase price for green coffee beans fluctuates constantly. as does yachts but us consumers don't even know that world coffee prices in 2019 were at rock bottom for farmers they go to the supermarket buy their beans and think that everything is normal. about you have to tell them or check what you're buying ask questions look at the package if there's no information on it how do you know what you're buying it and what does it all. the 1000000000 batiste is deeply involved in the fight for more transparency in the coffee business but today she's also vying for the title of the world's best coffee creation. nicole has already won several awards at the

german barista championships now she's competing in a completely new category coffee in good spirits. the challenge is to create the best mix of coffee and alcohol nikolas ambitious and bones to trump the competition. the fair brings together thousands of specialists from all over the world. coffee is a hot commodity and a huge business one that this man from berlin wants to change. some other tips in aims to revolutionize coffee production from planted seed to roasted beans everything should remain in the hands of the produces the day he's trying to win over his supporters. is a big deal we can get very close to the coffee experts and. consumers it's just fun

pouring the coffee and getting the feedback. there is a bit of a back story to how he got here. 4 years ago some other discovered his passion for african coffee today he's an expert on this subject it takes 9 months before a crop can be harvested. this misty the main thing is to pick only the red buds the greens should stay on they need a few more days that's why it has to be done by hand. to conduct our coffee cooperative is nestled in the hills of northern rwanda from here that exports coffee to europe. he wants to barnsley improve on the methods of big name competitors he and his business partner alan moore biro were roommates back in berlin today they are working to create better jobs for people

a new one to. many of the young people. interest in getting into coffee business because their incomes in the coffee business are too low. to change this narrative to make sure that you know. people who are involved in the coffee value chain better incomes and that will attract young people to come back into coffee business. well coffee farm is wages have fallen in recent years the coffee industry sales have been increasing over the last 2 decades companies have managed to find ways to sell coffee at ever higher prices mainly in the form of capsules and pots. but whole sale prices have seen a drastic drop. and once you make the coffee trade fair. like

the clinic our coffee cooperative is their ideal partner the farmers here are independent entrepreneurs the cooperative pays good prices and a very special feature here and women repeal lot of the benefits. and that's thanks to undulate cover k.z. she's been working in the coffee industry all her life and sells different varieties of coffee. example and alan with a missing piece of the puzzle for her vision. women coffee was brewing in the in my head every time and. when we met i said wow name the even if it's a women coffee maybe i have to discuss it with men are both with. us yeah. although coffee production is physically hard work it's usually done by women but

when it comes to pay and making the important decisions men usually still have the say in parliament we have a big number of women but to me coffee in the coffee business is somehow different because we have a big number of women. in the family processing but in our position of a no decision on this isn't making we have much more number of women on does kind of resistance so it's why we have to empower women. look and should see their teeth is a good example she found her own 80 coffee trees and has a demanding daily routine to get everything done. once i've taken the coffee beans to the cooperative i go home and look after the children. how to make them something to eat said one child to school for afternoon classes. and then i take care of the household that way i can get all my work done

. so much to those. who are in the world. who work this meet once a week to discuss financial issues or work out how best to support each other they also make crafts which brings in extra income in addition to the coffee. many of the older workers lived through the genocide in rwanda 25 years ago and many lost family members land and work united there working for a better future. it will mend has many activities to do at home they must to have. something i mean from that activity so that she can come visit the man because there's something which is. coming in the family from the time she's not around at home.

harvesting is a painstaking process. after the coffee cherries are picked they have to be washed . the women in the co-operative earn twice as much as other coffee farmers in rwanda the profits are distributed evenly. ok now we're going into a very orderly process where the bins where the bins are good are going to get out of the house the process is god forbid. i. read husks are used by the farm is as fertilizer. as you can because this is where the coffee beans go after the cherry has been discarded and they've been washed in fermented and then when they're wet. you can clearly see which beans are good and which aren't and then

they have to be sorted again by hand but you've been. on your league has developed her own coffee brand with her and allen only leaks finest the brand and the company both belong to the women in the co-operative. i. get my. next the coffee beans have to draw i so desperate out on wooden wrecks for at least 15 days. this is by no means the last step in the production of finest the next undertaken by the women's corporative is a very special one. for. making

the transportation of coffee more environmentally friendly is a big goal and nothing symbolizes that goal on tour. it's the key to achieving a truly sustainable product chain. captain. has been ferrying goods across the oceans for many years this time it's 1000 sacks a fair trade coffee from central america. for me. it's great that i can participate in such a project as a sailor i have few opportunities to use my professional qualifications in meaningful projects. normally when i work on a ship we're all burning every your land carrying goods that i don't really want to transport and it's simply different here that's why i'm so glad i can work here or does a fair bit of my. the

oven to the transports it's cargoes in the same way as our ancestors did nowadays coffee normie arrives in europe from the world's coffee growing regions by container ship. why would i want to on site with a government tour we want to set an example and underscore that it's possible to transport cargo with low emissions. in addition we want to question whether it's really necessary to ship so many goods halfway around the world just to consume the mirror and whether we might be able to rethink it all and transport less. the biggest. emissions standards of the type on german roads are virtually non-existent at sea container ship transportation is very cheap but extremely harmful to the environment in addition to c o 2 the world's merchant fleets emit huge clown's of nitrogen dioxide particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. the environmental impact of a sailing for

a cell on the other hand is largely negligible. as it is but it's very much we only use the engine when it's necessary to maneuver or for safety reasons we do not use it to get somewhere faster if there is no wind we simply wait. with all to stop it is the crew is that safe with 3 courses of the. unique quit his job as a social worker to join the crew. resumes this is what's most fun sail down sail up steering hoisting tacking that's my job here on board that's where. the majority of the crew works unpaid in exchange for learning how to sail they also want to support a movement to change global trade is good. change starts with us. small group of

people who others dismisses dreamers. and we don't mind being perceived as such. but increasingly people are starting to take us more seriously. this sale powered freight transport really a viable alternative for the future most shipping companies both at the risks. they all have the deadline pressure everything has to be somewhere at a certain time and nobody has the time to wait for the goods to arrive a little later nowadays everything has to be delivered just in time. just in time for that. but everything is slowly getting underway when power is saves on expensive feel researchers are looking for ways to combine both in a hybrid vessels that will be able to sailing goodwin's and use their engine income conditions. the oven to it can transport 114 tons of cargo on this run it's mainly coffee and cocoa the hold is located 3 nieces deep in the ship's belly.

to get to our load we have to climb through this little hatch up here. we have about a 1000 sacks of coffee on board and my chief mate checks on the load every day and that's important so it doesn't get down. to see if any moisture is accumulated somewhere or if the cargo is slipped which could happen if the ship lurches violently they have to. be evan to voyage has covered over 18000 nautical miles now the crew is nearing hamburg. coffee a fashionable drink from far away. most of the wrist and the call back if it is passionately committed to good fair trade coffee she says that's why she would gladly pay. higher price for her brew. and this there was when i go into

a shop to buy coffee i would say that a kilo of coffee should never cost less than $20.00 euros. just states also money from coffee regardless of whether it's a luxury brand or cheap stuff from the supermarket fine even though it's not in germany there is a roasting tax which we all pay and that is 2 years 19 that is a huge amount so there is no way that half a kilo can cost $399.00 the family sign. the cheaper the coffee the less remains after tax will production and transportation but right now because main concern is to make it to the final. to tell me 1st i think the biggest challenge will be to avoid any mistakes not to knock anything over not to forget what i'm saying context and not to tremble and controllability when it is we're going to yeah those are the 3 things that always happen at least i thought you might like to thank you.

oh ok so. she's got 10 minutes to strut his stuff this time she's mixing filter coffee with butter rum and not a concoction designed to taste like caramel candy. it's important that the taste of coffee remains dominant enough in the finished drink over the next hours the judges will sample coffee creations from 80 contestants. to do wonders coffee is among the best in africa 400000 people work in the sector. the capital kigali is the main transportation hub for exports. sober and alan alda

. making new ground as coffee traders in rwanda roasting the beans in the country of production rather than in europe in the coffee world that is still a rare exception. we're starting the roasting in house the beans are refined roasted packed and prepared for export here in kigali we aren't sending any raw beans from africa to europe to go nowhere with us. this way the profits from the refining process stay in rwanda. after all the manual processing the roasted coffee is ready for export it's available to buy in a german drugstore chain a kilo costs at least 23 year us. the export of a high quality finished product to europe is a boon for the region it creates new jobs and the profit stay in africa. it's one way to combat poverty and economic migration.

from through the oven turns transporting unroasted green coffee it's a roma does not fade on the long voyage now the ship is almost at its destination. yes but that's it all because here i'm really very excited i was born and raised in hamburg and have been out and about at sea for 9 months and i find it really special to return home on board the album tour under sail and i know how much would so-called. mean. the aventura is welcomed by 200 volunteers friends and family. they all believe that sailing ships can revolutionize the way goods are transported . canadia spoke

a man who launched the whole project is here to welcome the crew without him none of them would be here. for. a while back. but a man spends his life at sea and has seen what burning heavy oil does to the environment to change that he founded the company to the coast. it's possible to use all of your we transport cleanly and we treat everyone in this chain fairly the farmers get a reasonable price and by the way the customers don't pay more than they do for coffee that comes by container ship it has a price the same only the profits are not so big that's clear and everyone in the chain shoulders the cost equally including the environmental aspect of. famine kuhlmann is one of the customers she is ordered 20 tons of coffee from

mexico mainly the arabica variety but also a few bags of robust. his company is called tyke a japanese word that means community. german consume is deal directly with coffee from his in mexico sharing responsibility for the harvest. his payment policies are also unusual the coffee farmers who work for the company receive their money in advance and get a higher rate than is paid for goods bearing the fair trade seal. tightly imports 20 tons of coffee a year from full farm is and one cooperative in mexico it aims to double the amount each year in 89 years 500 small farmers in mexico could supply coffee 225-0000 households in germany. so far only imported the coffee now that for. and his son is opening the 1st time

he cafe in hamburg. oh i don't think so we have a very special treat for your birthday. that looks like the album 2 or it is. sometimes designed i created the initial design and then our own came and said dad it looks fine but it's not really contemporary so i said ok you take over and i'm handing it all over to you of course i'm learning from it too how can i use the founder of the whole project take a step back that's the biggest challenge. when he goes there was full. time he and his to the principles of solidarity and i. can see him is in germany ordered a coffee from farmers in mexico and the organization mediates the whole thing it doesn't make a profit. when they offer the nonprofit new

files for the term nonprofit is often misunderstood nonprofit does not mean no pay . so just as we pay each farmer according to his needs and that is our 1st priority we also ask the sailors and the roasters and the staff here in the cafe. a coffee one and even talk it's also the basic principle in the thai key cosmos wherever we want to establish the model is that every employee is paid according to his or her needs. and that we can all meet on an equal level no matter which continent we live on the big one. the green cafes concept includes ditching the usual can't budo plastic coffee to go cups hid them made of biscuit and can be consumed immediately. so if you don't want to eat your coffee mug which is made from delicious biscuit you can of course throw it away. and it would decompose much faster than any paper cup or anything else on

the market. telling he couldn't handle a steadily advancing their vision of bringing most solidarity to the world of coffee. thanks. but at the burden trade fair the focus is still on big business. however some good also there with their ideas for more equitable world trade. and you see john. and explain this would not be wondering. white nuns in france. spread just by when. we heard that angela finest will become a product that spreads beyond rwanda and then it gives other women's cooperatives from uganda peru colombia all of which already exist access to the market and thus

to significantly higher prices higher wages and a bigger share of the profits. meanwhile in the called best of health is waiting for the results of. her coffee creations has made it into the top 10. i 6 in the world of. coffee one selection reserve true of the rich today it's not taken for granted with little awareness of its actual. consumers need to pay a fair price for the coffee they enjoy to ensure that those who produces get a fair way.

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