Clipper Teas in general

Isn?t it funny how a web site can influence you? All this Fairtrade malarkey and soon you?re wondering whether you really can save the world after all. Well, not save the world exactly but do your bit in the growing movement to crush poverty and give the unfairly paid workers around the globe a fair deal. It?s been just like that today in my house. What, with Fairtrade roses purchased for Mother?s Day recently and Fairtrade Tea bought to improve our collective well-being, our group conscience was taking a turn for the better with every second that passed. ***Who are Clipper then?*** As with most ...

A fair tea I usually buy leaf tea, but wanted to buy tea bags to take camping (they are easier when you are moving about). When in Tesco’s I bought a pkt of Clipper fair trade tea bags containing 80 tea bags.(this op was written in the summer then forgotten about) These tea bags you prepare as you would any tea bag, pour boiling water onto the tea bag and let it infuse for 2 or 3 minutes. I prefer my tea very weak so only let it brew for a short time. They recommend 1 tea bag per person but since I, and my husband, drink very weak tea, I dip it in one cup and then dunk it in the other, or if I am using a pot use only 1 tea bag. ...

I didn't know about Fair Trade goods until I read an opinion several months ago. It has always bothered me that people in the third world work for long hours and slave labour wages and that many are children. They work in conditions that would be totally unacceptable to us, and all to give profits to large fat cat corporations who import the products to this and other countries to be sold at huge mark ups. The Fair Trade Foundation is a registered charity and aims to give a better deal to workers in the third world or developing countries by paying living wages, providing good working conditions and helping them to develop. The foundation operates in direct ...