咖啡的代價

這幾年，古坑咖啡突然變成一個熱門商品，從咖啡館到超市架上，都有它的身影。想也知道，那小小的古坑鄉根本無力生產出那麼多的生豆，但卻是到上個星期，這個公開的秘密才秘密地公開。我沒喝過古坑咖啡，也對什麼咖啡原鄉、山林氛圍不感興趣（是藍山咖啡的廣告看多了嗎？爬山不是應該喝冷泡茶？），倒是對BBC最近一個關於「咖啡的成本」（The Cost of Coffee）的節目感興趣。

節目內容寫著：

Over the past decade the price of raw coffee has fallen by two thirds - while the market for take-away coffees has trebled, from $30 billion to $90 billion per year.

From farm to cafe, the coffee travels over 6,000 kilometres - and increases a total of 16 times in price.

While charity organisations like Oxfam believe the coffee industry is unfairly balanced against farmers, the coffee shops owners in the West deny making a big profit out of coffee beans.

So who is creaming off the profits, and who is counting the cost of working in the coffee industry?

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