Organic Tea, Coffee & Sugar
- Sugar
- Decaffeinated Instant Coffee
- Ground Coffee & Beans
- Indian Teas
- Rooibos Tea
- Herbal Teas
- Drinking Chocolate & Cocoa
"I did make coffee once, after sendin' out for instructions. But I then got otherwise involved in somethin' more interestin' and forgot to turn off the heat. Well - I never turn off the heat."
Mae West
Organic Coffees
Fairtrade Decaffeinated Instant Coffee
Available in jars of 100g
Fairtrade Organic Coffee - Beans & Ground
EqualExchange's coffee is from serveral smalls-cale coffee growers around the tropics - South America, Africa and Indonesia. The FairTrade element enables these groups of farmers to receive a better price than they would in the normal coffee market. Much of the profits from the coffee growing is used to improve the local communities.
 | Medium Roast |
 | Dark Roast This original dark roasted coffee is blended from carefully selected high-grown arabica beans from the mountains of Peru and Mexico. Our dark roast has a deep body and velvety smoothness. A perfect after-dinner or early morning wakeup coffee. Available in beans or ground |
 | Espresso Blend This sweet rich blend has a touch of acidity and thick crema. Ideal for a sumptuous espresso, latte or machiatto. Available as ground only. |
 | Decaffeinated Coffee CO2 is the method used to gently remove caffeine from coffee beans. Don't worry, CO2 is part of coffee satisfaction, not a chemical equation. Compressed to a liquid state, carbon dioxide - the compound we exhale with every breath - is a natural solvent that grabs caffeine and pulls it from the bean. Because carbon dioxide adheres only to caffeine and not to the elements that give coffee it’s great flavour, CO2 decaff has more zing than any other decaffeinated coffees we've tried. We hope you'll enjoy your Equal Exchange Decaffeinated coffee more (and drink more of it!) knowing that it's naturally decaffeinated to be 99.9% caffeine free. |
 | Italian Organic Expresso A proper "made in Italy" espresso in re-sealable tins, organic and fair trade. Made from arabica beans, from the highlands of Central America (principly Guatamala and Mexico). Winner of Gold Great Taste Award 2004. |
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"Tea, although an Oriental
Is a gentleman at least;
Cocoa is a cad and coward
Cocoa is a vulgar beast"
Organic Fairtrade Teas
We offer a range of EqualExchange organic teas, which are also Fairtraded.
Fair Trade
The Fairtrade Mark ensures that estates on the register meet a set of minimum social welfare, health and environmental standards. It also provides a structure for the social premium to be used for the benefit of the communities social economy.
Indian Teas
Selimbong, Seeyok and Banaspaty Tea Estates
All tea in EqualExchange's single garden organic teabags and loose teas are grown in the Darjeeling or Assam regions of northern India.
The local community identified education as the principle area for investment and already in collaboration with the estate and the fair trade exporter, the social premium has enabled the building of a Further Education College and a High School.
Organic Production
Years of neglect and deforestation in the region have lead to serious problems of landslides and soil erosion during monsoon rains. In attempts to stabilise these effects the estates have become regional leaders practicing sustainable organic agriculture. Long term soil fertility and plant health is maintained by a combination of composting, green manuring and growing of nitrogen fixing legumes. Inter-cropping and spraying with the natural (and permitted) insecticide Neem helps to control pests.
Processing and Packing
The teas are blended and packed in Calcutta. Why? Many rural people continue to seek their fortunes in the big cities. Often they exchange rural poverty for a much fiercer urban poverty!
A tea picker supplying EqualExchange teas.
"Sent for a cup of tea (a China drink) of which I have never drunk before"
Samuel Pepys 1660
 | Organic FairTrade Teabags Ideal for your every day 'cuppa' this is a blend of north and south Indian teas from small holder farmers. Fresh from India, this is a blend for everyone to enjoy. |
 | Breakfast Blend Tea This blend of traditional small leaf teas from Assam (80%) and Darjeeling (20%) is great at any time of day. 50 bags or 125g loose. |
 | Assam Tea |
 | Darjeeling |
 | Green Darjeeling |
 | Earl Grey TEABAGS (50 bags- 125g) & LOOSE (125g) A blend of Darjeeling and Assam teas are flavoured with natural bergamot to give a light refreshing cup. |
Rooibos Tea
TEABAGS (50 & 100)
The first Fairtrade Marked Rooibos, this tea is more than just 100% caffeine free! Great for soothing nervous tension, insomnia, lowering blood pressure (as it contains rutin), stomach cramps and mild depression - you can even apply it directly to treat irritable skin complaints such as eczema. The natural vanilla and honey overtones will lift your spirit and your taste buds.
Source of Rooibos
The Rooibos (Africaans for Red Bush - (Aspalatus linearis)) is a native of the southern tip of South Africa, around Capetown, under the Cederberg Mountains. Part of the unique and spectacular Cape floral kingdom, Rooibos grows here and nowhere else in the world.
EqualExchange's Organic and Fairtraded Rooibos tea is from the Heiveld Co-op, which was established to promote the sustainability of the livelihoods of its members. Eighteen women and men from the community are members of the Co-op. They produce their tea proudly by hand, and make minimal use of machinery. Hand harvesting ensures a finer quality of tea, and is also kinder to the tea bushes than mechanical harvesting.
The necessary combination of soils and climate is unique. The most flavourful tea is produced on the remote plateaux of the Suid Bokkeveld Mountains. The deep sandy soils, cool moist winters and hot dry summers suit Rooibos perfectly. Here the small scale farmers of the Heiveld Co-operative cultivate and harvest their Rooibos bushes. They process it to produce the finest Rooibos tea.
Organic
The members of the Heiveld Co-op have practised organic farming for generations. Living close to nature, they have learned to work with it, and not against it. In the year 2000 all of the members registered as organic producers under EU standards.
Organic production, and careful handling ensure consumers that the tea that they drink contains no harmful ingredients. Organic production also helps to conserve nature in the Bokkeveld, and to keep the elements in balance. Birds, insects and even soil bacteria thrive in a healthy environment.
Herbal Tea Selection
We offer the Hambledon Herbs range of herbal teas. This range includes :
 | Crimson Glory - The beautiful, heady, floral scents of Hibiscus, Elderflower and Marigold are perfectly balanced by the sharper Rose Hip and Orange peel, producing a complex and invigorating infusion. |
 | Lemon Heaven - a mixture of hibiscus, lemon balm, lemongrass, lemon peel, lemon thyme and lemon verbena. |
 | Spice Delight - a mixture of black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, liquorice, and star anise. |
 | Chamomile - The pure organic Chamomile flowers in this infusion give wonderful strength of flavour to this ever popular product. Widely reputed to aid relaxation there can be no better way to unwind after a stressful day. |
 | Peppermint - Pure organic Peppermint leaves can taste of nothing else. They are soothing, yet refreshing, with the flavour and aroma cutting through the fog of the day. This infusion should leave you relaxed and ready for whatever the day throws at you. |
 | Rosehip - Your first impression of this tea will be the sweet, slightly sharp, but distinctly soothing aroma of blackberry and apple. This is followed by the well balanced sweet / sour flavour that is so distinctive of excellent quality Rose Hip. |
 | Elderflower - With nothing but pure organic Elderflowers this wonderfully fragrant infusion brings the floral aroma of the English countryside to your cup. Elderflower is often taken as a remedy for colds and is also believed to help with a good nights sleep. |
 | Green and Jasmine - To get the luxuriant scent and flavour of Jasmine, our pure organic Green Tea is dried with Jasmine flowers laid on top of it. As the flowers dry they naturally infuse the tea with their scent and flavour. We do not add anything artificial to our teas, why would we think we could do better when nature does it so well? |
 | Fennel - A fragrant infusion with the fresh, aniseed flavour of pure fennel. Traditionally taken as a digestive aid it is a popular drink to round off a fine meal. |
 | Lemongrass & Ginger - Initially this tea presents the heady aroma of the lemongrass, which is also present in the first taste, then comes the warming ginger, not harsh or sharp, but well rounded and long lasting. This is an invigorating infusion with a beautiful depth of flavour. |
 | Peppermint & Chamomile - This blend combines two of the best selling herbal tea varieties, with the uplifting aroma and flavour of the Peppermint complimented by the warm, soothing Chamomile. This is very much a “feel good” tea. |
 | Rooibos & Liquorice - The sweet, nutty taste of the classic “redbush” tea is lifted by pure organic liquorice root, giving a tea with plenty of flavour upfront and beautiful length. |
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Drinking Chocolate & Cocoa
Our drinking Chocolate is from from the award-winning Green and Black range, This is simply the best! Delicious at night time or indeed anytime. Produced from Fair Trade Cocoa.
Cocoa
Rich chocolate heaven...what more could you want from a cocoa?! It is ideal for baking your favourite sticky chocolate brownies, or just having as a hot drink whenever the mood takes you. Vegan and Gluten Free.
The Producers
The Confederacion Nacional de Cacaocultores Dominicanos (CONACADO) represents some 9,000 small-scale growers in the Dominican Replublic, most of whom who farm less than three hectares. Its aim is to sell cacao beans directly for export and to improve producers income and living conditions by reducing intermediaries and dependency. It also offers technical help to improve the production quality of the cocoa.
Cocoa is the second most important crop to the Dominican Republic after sugar. However most farmers in CONACADO only augment incomes by growing bananas and other fruit and vegetables for local markets or their own use.
Processing
Ripe cacao pods of the Hispaniola variety are harvested and cracked open with machetes to begin the first stage of processing. Pods are heaped in piles to ferment for up to six days. This is a stage crucial to developing the right flavour during later manufacture into chocolate. The fermented cacao beans must be thoroughly dried before export.
Organic Fairtrade Sugar
The natural juice is pressed from sun-ripened sugar cane then filtered and crystallised. No further refining is necessary to produce this free-flowing granulated sugar, suitable for all purposes.
Producers
Farmers of the Asociacion Agricola Canera del Sur, Iturbe in Paraguay, grow this organic raw cane sugar. It is a democratic association of small-scale farmers who grow sugar cane, cotton and soybeans and tend livestock on farms averaging six hectares. The association was set up to negotiate with the processing mill for the raw cane which it still does along with maintaining local roads and providing medical assistance.
Fairtrade importers buy sugar from the mill at a market price plus a Fairtrade premium that is paid directly to the Farmers Association. Fifty per cent of the premium is distributed to the organic growers and 50% reinvested in the association. In this way the farmers themselves receive a higher income and their association become stronger and more viable.
Fairtrade standards require mill workers to be paid according to national statutory minimum’s including welfare premiums.
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