Coffee, Tea and Chocolate

Coffee, tea and chocolate delight and energize the body, and—when certified organic or fair trade—warm the heart as well. Positive evolution includes "relationship" coffees like those certified by the Rainforest Alliance, which cultivates direct relationships with growers and are shade-grown, protecting wildlife and plant habitat.

Product Picks:

Batdorf & Bronson "relationship" coffees are also organic, fair-trade certified and shade-grown. Try the Organic Costa Rica ($12/lb.; www.batdorf.com, 800-955-5282). Grounds for Change's organic, fair-trade and shade-grown Songbird gift box benefits a co-op farm in Chile ($29.95; www.groundsforchange.com, 800-796-6820). Taylor Maid Farms' fair-trade gift box ($27; www.taylormaidfarms.com, 888-688-7272) holds Rainforest Coffee, Pacific Coast Breakfast tea and Earl Grey tea. Honest Tea organic and fair-trade certified Kashmiri Chai tea ($3.75/box; www.honesttea.com, 800-865-4736). Choice Organic Teas' fair-trade, organic Dragon Well Green Tea ($4.70/box; www.choiceorganicteas.com, 206-525-0051).

Chocolate candy: Grenada Chocolate Company's organic 60 percent cocoa-content dark from a cooperative on that island ($5.50/bar; www.chocosphere.com, 877-99-CHOCO). Plantations Arriba 75-percent dark ($3.42/bar; www.echocolates.com, 800-207-7058) helps restore Ecuador's native shade-grown cacao heritage. Endangered Species Chocolate Company's fair trade and organic "chimp mints" benefit the Jane Goodall Institute ($29.60/box, www.chocolatebar.com). Ecco Bella's fair-trade and organic Health by Chocolate Instant Bliss Beauty Bars ($3.49 each, www.eccobella.com).

Organic and fair-trade hot chocolate mixes: Dagoba Xocolatl with ground chilies and cinnamon to spice things up ($8.95/12-oz. can; www.chocosphere.com, 877-99-CHOCO). Lake Champlain organic, fair-trade hot chocolate ($7/16-oz. can, www.lakechamplainchocolates.com); Equal Exchange($6/12-oz can); also try their Breakfast Blend coffee ($8.50/12 oz., www.equalexchange.com).

Resources: See Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Product Reports at thegreenguide.com/reports.