I hope that the coffee beans that go into the biodegradable containers is nothing less than ethically harvested coffee
lol.... My son grew up suffering bouts of very fast, very extreme asthma, that would see him hospitalized at least twice a year. The rest of the time, he had zero asthma symptoms, so he wasn't on a medicine regimen to prevent these attacks, and often didn't have his medications with him when it would start up, or, would take a while for all his meds to start working well enough to help. One of the quickest ways to aid in asthma is strong black coffee.... it opens up the lungs. So, from a young age, he's been drinking strong black coffee to help get him breathing while the meds take effect. And he developed a taste for it. By 7 or 8 years old, he would sneak the occasional cup of coffee, and kid you not, would critique it based on flavour. 'Mom, this one tastes kind of caramelly, what's different?'
It became something I had to defend to people (as their kids even younger sat and sucked down a cola), and thus a source of conversation amongst friends. One year, for his 8th or 9th birthday, a girlfriend sent him a pound of fair trade coffee. He was so tickled, but was confused about what 'fair trade' meant. So, we explained it all, and he trotted off to brew us all up a pot of HIS coffee.
Ten minutes later, we all sat down at the table with our coffee, he takes a sip, and screws his face up. Takes another sip, looks displeased. Then says... "Well, it's not
bad coffee, but, I don't think anyone should pay 'fair trade' for it." lol.