Coffee prices

I take the liberty of printing this comment which was left on an earlier post about the coffee prices increasing because of the drought. It makes a valid point which I shouldn't want you to overlook like I did. Nothing like getting your feet put on the ground..nicely.

"I understand your love for coffee but there is a positive to higher coffee prices. Just about all of the coffee produced in the world is grown in third world countries and the cost of the bean represents only a small proportion of the cost of a cup of coffee. (the rest is for shipping, transport, roasting, packaging, marketing, shipping again, various mark ups along the way for profits and finally serving it to you. So doubling the cost of beans would double the incomes for poor third world producers but the cost of a cup of coffee in the cafe would hardly move. So lets do our bit for the third world coffee growers and drink an extra cup today.
Justin Smirl | 05.12.05 - 4:38 am | # "

Thanks Justin....and thanks Haloscan because I could easily find it there.