[Britney]

For the price, freshness, AND being delivered... not a bad price. I'd try it.



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The package sits by the mailbox, its aromatic contents promising a richly flavored, caffeinated start to the day.

Anyone can get his java delivered from Starbucks or Peet's, but this particular box has a different, very specific provenance. These coffee beans have traveled from Meliya Ame's four-acre farm in Ethiopia, with only one small detour: a San Francisco coffee roaster who toasted the still-green beans to order, then sped the delivery to one of the "investors" in Ame's family farm -- a cup of joe for a regular Joe.

Nothing's terribly new about CSAs -- or community supported agriculture -- in this brave new world of origin-conscious, eco-friendly gourmets. In typical CSA arrangements, small farms send their subscribers regular deliveries of locally grown produce, farm fresh eggs or humanely raised meats. For the farmer, subscriptions offer financial stability.

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