Green Your Coffee Tip #3

Drink organic.

Coffee beans that are grown organically means that they don't have the harmful pesticides that many coffee growers use to keep the bugs away. Drinking organic coffee not only keeps the toxins out of your body, but it helps to keep the toxins out of the coffee workers' bodies, the environment, the birds, and more.

Green Your Coffee Tip #2

Bring your own reusable coffee mug.

Many local cafes offer a discount if you bring your own mug to fill. Even gas station coffee comes cheaper if you trade in using their styrofoam or paper cup for your travel mug. It's also much friendlier to the environment because after you inhale your caffeinated brew, there isn't any waste to throw away. A little soap and water and your coffee mug is ready for round two instead of a trip to the land fill.

Green Your Coffee Tip #1

I love coffee. Without a cup or two in the morning I have a hard time getting started. I guess if it's my only vice, then I'm in good shape. One of my favorite coffees is Costa Rican coffee. When I travel to Costa Rica, I always bring some back with me, but I hesitate to order it because I'm in Miami and its in, well, Costa Rica--Central America.

So, I began to think. How can I green my coffee?

Tip #1 Buy coffee that has traveled the least distance to land in your coffee cup. If you have local cafes, coffee growers, etc., in your area, support them by buying from them. It may be the freshest cup of coffee you've ever had!