Chaos writes:
So, how my life has changed. Gone are the days of claiming a posh lunch on expenses, or even HAVING a lunch break. Working from home, and managing school runs, and budgeting on a day to day basis leaves us freelancers with little time for ourselves.
So there is nothing I like better these days that going to a cafe and having a (Fairtrade) coffee and a slice of cake. (click here to sample a slice of our own #Fairtrade Cake!) This has become a ‘treat’ to me, is that a little tragic? I just get such a pleasure from meeting a friend, having a chat, a soya latte and time out from the other ‘stuff’.
A bonus for me, is that our little local cafe owner (The Gooseberry Bush, SW19) totally has her heart in the right place too, she is constantly raising money for the local St George’s Hospital neonatal unit (@FirstTouchNNU) and all of her delicious food is locally sourced, and the coffee is of course Fairtrade too.
So as we approach Fairtrade Fortnight, I thought I’d give one of you a chance to get your hands on your own delicious Fairtrade coffee, with it’s own special story.
Mzuzu Fairtrade Ground Coffee is part of the Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference range. Grown by the Mzuzu cooperative high in the Misuku hills, in the northernmost region of Malawi.
Three years ago Sainsbury’s joined with Comic Relief coffee traders Finlays and Twin, the fair trade organisation which works with smallholder farming groups, to develop new African speciality grade coffees..
The project is funded by the Government’s Department for International Development under its Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH), which sets out to improve the lives of poor communities in Africa.
Ellen Msiska, Fairtrade coffee farmer said: “I have brought water down to my house from the hills in a pipe which I paid for and laid myself. This was paid for from coffee money, and means I have good quality water for my children to drink.”
This prize draw has now closed. Many thanks for all of the entries! Really enjoyed reading them 🙂 MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER ‘FRAN’ TOO!!
How to enter:
1 – Comment below to tell us your coffee story… your favourite time for coffee? with a cake? IN a cake? A Latte? or a Flat White?
2 – ‘Like’ KidsChaos on Facebook and tell us how you like your coffee.
and comment below to tell us you’ve done so.
3 – Follow Twin Fairtrade on twitter to support their work and Fairtrade Fortnight
4 – Follow @MoreKidsChaos on twitter with a little fun #HowMuchIsTooMuchCoffee? hashtag
5 – For an extra entry, Add KidsChaos into your circles in Google + and comment below to tell us you’ve done so.
Terms and Conditions
– Entrants must be over 18 and in the UK
– By entering this prize draw, the player assigns to KidsChaos.com all exclusive rights to reproduce and represent the copy related to this competition on any media (both online and offline)
– Entries close Midnight on the 10th March (the last day of Fairtrade Fortnight)
– The winners will be notified personally
– KidsChaos’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to and no cash alternative will be offered
– This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Google+
Interesting Links:
Michaela Strachan reports on food safety from Malawi
Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 runs from Mon 25 February to Sun 10 March
I only like cold coffee from starbucks
Had comment on fb
had followed them on twitter @etspeaksfrom
thanks Eileen, clearly you can’t sleep either! 🙂
yes, i’m giving my blog a facelift
followed u on twitter and tweet
had followed u on google+ – ET Speaks From Home
I start my day with a coffee – drinking one now, and have named my blog after it
LATTE/NO SUGAR WITH SHORTBREAD
I love a skinny latte – has to be extra hot and not too strong!
I have posted on facebook as Tracy K Nixon
I follow Twin Fairtrade on twitter and am supporting their work and Fairtrade Fortnight
I follow @MoreKidsChaos on twitter and have tweeted using #HowMuchIsTooMuchCoffee? hashtag @tracyknixon
I have added KidsChaos into your circles in Google + (Tracy K Nixon).
cappuchino
commented on facebook and following on twitter @gmfavon
Like my Coffee Hot and Strong (like my man)!
I love my coffee at anytime but especially with a cake or a biscuit when my toddler has her nap.
black with 2 sugars first thing in the morning to start the day off
love coffee in a dessert mmmm at any time
I HAVE LIKED AND MY COFFEE IS WHITE, 2 SUGARS 🙂
following on Twitter = @alessmeg
I love going to coffee shops as a family…my husband always gets an Americano and I usually get a flavoured latte. yum!
Love Cappuccino with brown sugar at around ten thirty in the morning (tea break) at work sharing a quick gossip with office buddies!
Latte and it has to be full fat all the way!!
I love coffe flavoured cakes especially coffee cupcakes
Flat white here.
I have liked and commented on your FB page (Rachie Littleme)
I drink coffee only once, early in the morning
coffee with coffee mate and sugar
I love a coffee with a drop of chocolate ( mocha ), and a good book, and a little peace and quiet.
latte and carrot cake
I love cappuccino. It’s the true taste of Italy.
latte with coffee and walnut cake!
liked on facebook and commented, following on twitter with the hashtag and added you on google +
latte no sugar! super prize giveawayx
I like caramel latte 🙂
I like lattes
Love latte with a squirt of caramel. Yum
Have liked KidsChaos on Facebook and tell you how I like my coffee.
following twin fairtrade on twitter as @flashquacks
Followed @MoreKidsChaos on twitter with a little fun #HowMuchIsTooMuchCoffee? hashtag as @flashquacks
I love good black coffee!
It would have to be a nice Latte
Latte, with lots of sugar
milky 3 sugars
With cake in the afternoon
Just white no sugar
My favourite coffee is my ‘shopping break’ coffee. I’m not a huge fan of shopping, but my husband could shop for England!! I get tired and bored long before he does, but he knows that if he indulges my need for coffee he’ll be able to get another two hours of shopping time out of me. If he doesn’t indulge my need for coffee he knows it won’t be long before I insist we call it a day and go home!
Triple-shot Decaf cappucino with skim milk and extra foam.
Not that i’m fussy !
I most enjoy drinking a skinny latte whilst watching my kids play in the park and its ever so slightly chilly out and i can warm my hands on the cup.
Liked on facebook and commented https://www.facebook.com/MoreKidsChaos/posts/560498720641302
Added KidsChaos to circle on G+ User name Sophie Louise Buckle
Following both on twitter and tweeted
https://twitter.com/RolyBear123/status/304194406754430976
@Rolybear123
latte
I love my coffee black and strong, at least 2 mugs before I can face the day!
I like a flat white – lovely and creamy
Also following you on G+ as Alicia Roberts
Americano
Latte, Mid morning, with a cake, Yummy
‘Liked’ KidsChaos on Facebook and commented
With a chocolate brownie!!
Following @twinfairtrade – @HollieA1
Following @MoreKidsChaos – @HollieA1
Liked and commented on Facebook – Hollie Adlam
GFC – Hollie Adlam
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Flat white on skim milk 🙂
Latte for me
Decaff no sugar and a chocolate muffin
I love to drink coffee anytime……A flat white
black, sweet, americano
Latte …and choccy biscuits
strong and black
I enjoy a coffee mid morning, definitely treating myself to a cappucino or latte
I drink coffee 2 times a day always make in cafetiere also love tiramisu.
A Latte, a good book and no kids running round the house!
Commented on FB too x
latte!
I have posted on facebook
Coffee and cake!
have posted on your facebook page!
followed twin fair trade on twitter!
following morekidschaos on twitter and have tweeted with hashtag!
Added KidsChaos into my circles in Google +!
time to stick the kettle on!
I prefer a Latte in the morning.
I like a coffee in the afternoon. I enjoy a latte macchiato with 1 sugar
I love the first coffee of the morning to get me started for the day.
Liked and commented on facebook.
Follow twin fair trade on twitter @linziwoopp
Follow you on twitter and have tweeted @linziwoopp
Added to my google plus
Yesterday in the rainy wilds of Wales – had a wonderful americano made with Ecotrible Ashaninka coffee from Peru – to go with it I ate a great fruit Scone with Homemade blackberry jam and clotted cream.
I love hot, strong coffe with one small sugar……sometimes with a small slice of chocolate cake 🙂
white no sugars but nice rich roast coffee
liked on facebook
Following Twin Fairtrade on twitter @felixisfriend
Following @MoreKidsChaos on twitter @felixisfriend
I love having a cappuccino from Starbucks on a Sunday afternoon!
I’ve commented on Facebook – Hazel Hazel Rush
It all depends.
My hubby makes us a nice black coffee each in the cafetier first thing in the morning whilst I feed our baby boy….but if we go to a coffee shop or we have an afternoon coffee I like a sweet latte with s syrup shot 🙂
I never enjoy my coffee more than in a comfy seat in a cosy cafe with a friend for a good gossip. A massive latte and something chocolatey and fattening and I’m in heaven 🙂 x
Commented on fb Les A Mse Bain x
Following Twin Fairtrade on twitter @lastkiss5 x
Tweeted @lastkiss5 x
a latte macchiato after dinner
Latte!
followed as @claza93
I love coffee with a cake. But when helping at coffee morning, there never seems to be time to enjoy one yourself.
My favourite is decaf latte.
Have done all items 1-5 @x2mum on Twitter
just milk and 2 sugars for me
cappuccino for me 🙂
or if its instant just hot water and milk, im sweet enough 😉
Love coffee the minute I wake up to two noisy kids! Strong latte
I love a tall latte
Milky with no sugar, enjoy it with a book!
Commented on facebook “Avvie Cunnington”
Followed and tweeted on twitter @avviexxx
And also followed on google+ avvie cunnington