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Spending a bit more money on coffee
High-quality coffee is more expensive, and spending a bit more means your coffee is more likely to be ethically produced.
Coffee producers have historically been exploited, and even fair trade prices are not always enough. Where possible, buy your coffee from roasters who purchase their beans ethically.
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Chocolates
Chocolates are everyone's favorite treat, and there is more to them than we know. Americans spend $21 Billion on chocolates every year, paying up to $55 for a single bar.
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- Cacao (or Cocoa) beans are the seeds that grow in the cacao tree, which are plucked, roasted and separated.
- The 'nibs' from the beans (part solids and part butter) are ground and made into a paste, which is then again grounded with sugar and some other ingredients.
- The industrial chocolates include several ingredients like vegetable oils, corn syrup, and artificial vanilla.
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Mainstream industrial chocolate makers buy all the beans, good or bad, in bulk, as they are mixing it with so many other ingredients and flavors, that the consumer won't get to know the difference of the beans.
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Single-Cup Brewing
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Microwave Popcorn
Popcorn is a great, healthy snack.
Instead of buying popcorn in microwave bags, one can also pop corn at home for much less than the bagged kind.
Bottled Water
Bottled water drinkers give 3 main reasons for their choice:
- Taste: Many claim their tap water tastes bad, but a simple pitcher filter can probably fix it.
- Safety: Bottled water is not necessarily safer than public water sources. A high-end filter can remove impurities from tap water.
- Convenience. A decent filter and a reusable bottle or stainless-steel flask can replace bottled water.