I had The War of the Wasted Dairy Products and Socially Irresponsibly Coffee with my boss today, and much as I genuinely do like the woman sometimes, she proved herself to be a royally brainwashed corporate robot. Or, perhaps just ignorant. I'm betting on an "exclusive blend" of both.
I won't go into the details a la my previous post, but just sum it up by saying that according to her: it doesn't matter what foodsafe says, we must obey the bible of "corporate standards"; fair trade is just a meaningless trademark that's not worth having; and growing coffee organically doesn't matter because she "can't taste the difference anyway."