Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

This book is an interesting travelogue through some of the world's poorest communities that also produce coffee. While it certainly gets into some of the efforts to improve conditions for the producers, the book does not really try to make the case for Fair Trade coffee in any meaningful way. Rather, it tells the story of one person's experiences in some of the faraway places our coffee comes from and puts faces on some of the obscure foreign names we see on the labels of our coffee beans.I walked away from this book feeling more in touch with my daily cup of coffee, thankful for the efforts of the farmers, and hopeful that their lives are improving. I did not, however, come away with a substantially improved understanding of Fair Trade coffee or why I should purchase fair trade beans over the beans I already purchase. I bought the book expecting to learn about the industry and was a little disappointed in that respect.With that understanding, Javatrekker is a fantastic book that gives us a glimpse into the lives of the coffee farmers and leaves the reader with a deep sense of appreciation for their morning cup of joe.

Arrived early and in new condition. Exactly what I wanted.

As an avid drinker of coffee, this book exposed me to the world of coffee that I was never exposed to before. Dean does a great job of narrating his experience with coffee farmers from all over the world, and you will most definitely enjoy tagging along to his journey.

Fascinating book with amazing details about the international coffee market, as well as the different types of plants on which coffee grows, the climate & soil conditions where it thrives and explanations of how & why coffe from one place is so different in taste to coffee grown in another place.

There is a reason Dean just won a Nobel Prize!I have to admit that I am biased since Dean is local to my community. But he did get a Nobel Prize. So it isn't just us local people who think he has done great things!

A well-written and compelling book! Dean Cycon confirms our commitment to buy only Fair Trade coffee, and he does so by combining profoundly serious issues with a delightful sense of humor.

I learned nothing about Fair Trade,but I sure learned a lot about Dean and how grateful the many cultures of the world are to Dean, for being Dean. I thought the writing was fairly poor, the self absorbed, self congratulatory "storytelling" was over the top and I didn't even think it was a very good travelogue. I've read many better books about coffee and the effect that the systems that are in place have on the farmers. I couldn't even get all the way through the book. I was really disappointed.

Love, Love and love for this book.

A copy in very good condition. A fascinating, moving and humorous account of travel and fair trade.

I used it for research for an essay, good value did what I wanted.

A real insight into the not so clean and fair world of coffee trade. It will really make you think more about which coffee to buy, and in terms of taste Dean's Beans is difficult to beat - and they deliver to Japan.