Most days I enjoy a roast coffee from Starbucks. The Americano coffee I drink is medium sized. Starbucks accounts for about 2 % of the coffee production worldwide and only buys fair trade coffee which is essentially coffee grown based on a specific criteria that seeks to control low-wage exploitation of coffee growers in developing countries and ensures distribution methods are fully transparent. This specific blend that I purchased came from costa rica in Latin America. Coffee is grown in around 1500m high altitudes on  plots of land that can total 3000 hectares for the biggest operations. Most small scale farms are members of a Co-operative which acts as a negotiating body that ensures a fair price is received and farmers are not exploited. Many costa rican farms are eco-friendly and use natural rain water for irrigation purposes and have compost pits where they are used for fertilizing purposes. This method is very chemical free and seeks natural remedies to obtain quality. Starbucks buys in bulk from various cooperatives that meet their fair trade production standard. The coffee is then cargo flown to the UK and into a distribution center where the coffee is distributed to the cargo branches. There is many steps to getting that coffee into my cup, however, it is able to realize economies of scale which reduces the marginal impact of every cup of coffee. I do not like the fancy high sugar drinks that Starbucks offers and prefer a pure blend of coffee with some Milk. This reduces my ecological footprint as the process products in such sugary drinks are costly on the environment.