World Cup Coffee
Just when you thought it was safe to bury your otherwise eco-guilty self in a habit such as drinking coffee, it turns out you’ll have to keep looking for something more benign. As bad luck would have it, the growing and production of the liquid black magic that fuels the American culture can be devastating to the people, economies and environment of the places where coffee is grown. Fortunately, it is becoming easier to ‘drink your talk’ at a few of Portland’s cafés that offer fair trade, organic, shade grown, and (yes, even) bird-friendly coffee.
One such place is World Cup Coffee and Tea, a Portland-based business with three pumping stations located in the NW quadrant of town. World Cup serves its own roasted coffees and a respectable list of loose-leaf teas that go well with its small, but meaningful roster of sugared treats. With its usually comfortable seating options, mellow music and friendly-enough baristas, all three World Cup locations are easy places to hang out, transmit your innermost thoughts over free wi-fi, or do business Portland-style, over a cup of coffee.
World Cup Coffee and Tea
1740 NW Glisan
721 NW 9th Ave. (inside Ecotrust Building)
1005 W Burnside (inside Powell’s Books)
Check website for hours.
Posted: February 26th, 2006 under Drink.
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