Krzysztof Blinkiewicz

Better Means: Well-being
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Better Means: Well-being

This essay is part of a series of authorial commentaries on the core values of The Better Coffee Standard. Here, we treat well-being as a test of the system: when health, comfort, and the capacity for joy remain costs borne in isolation, everything else easily turns into a façade.
Better Means: Dignity, First
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Better Means: Dignity, First

This essay is part of a series of authorial reflections on the core values of The Better Coffee Standard. It looks at dignity — and at what happens when value is made conditional on quality, price, and profit, allowing people to disappear behind facades.
The Freedom to Leave Is Also Dignity
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The Freedom to Leave Is Also Dignity

Dignity in coffee isn’t only the right to stay on the farm. It’s also the right to leave it. This is a story about choice — and why freedom matters more than heritage.