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youve_got_moxie t1_ixyibys wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded-Rush986 in What are some bifl Christmas gifts for a school teacher? by Junzooka

Nespresso is owned by Nestle, a straight-up garbage company who still use child labor for chocolate production and don’t believe clean drinking water is a human right. It’s worth a little investigating before you buy any of their products. After a little research, you may decide not to support them.

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yapyd t1_ixyuset wrote

It's really hard to escape large corporations that do not have crimes against humanity though. About 10 companies own the majority of the food industry and at that point, you're just picking the lesser of evils.

https://www.frugl.com.au/2020/01/19/the-sooner-you-know-that-only-10-companies-control-everything-you-buy-the-better/

I guess coffee beans could do the trick as a replacement but that would mean that the school teacher actually makes her own coffee.

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youve_got_moxie t1_ixz4blo wrote

I hear what you’re saying, but I still think it’s valid to know. Particularly if you’re interested in choosing the lesser of evils, as Nestle ranks pretty high on the scum list.

I mostly mentioned this for other people who might be thinking about this purchase, since nowhere does it say the wife mentioned here even likes coffee. We don’t know anything about other than she’s married and teaches, and this whole thread is random ideas.

Finally, it seems unlikely that a teacher would be allowed to have a personal coffee maker in their classroom, which means any coffee maker - however ethical or fancy - would be kept at home and used by everyone in the household. In my opinion, that makes this gift a gift for the “house,” not the wife, and should therefore be purchased together as a family and separate from personal gifts.

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