Coffee is proving an ideal commodity for companies eager to find ethical sources for their products. Partnership deals with government and aid agencies are helping to lift producers out of poverty For Cecile Batumike in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sainsbury’s “Taste the Difference” range could not be more aptly named. When the supermarket chain – with financial support from the Department for International Development (DfID), Comic Relief and the ethical trading organisation, Twin – entered into an innovative partnership with her small coffee co-operative, Sopacdi, in 2009, it meant she could feed her family and educate her children.The Fairtrade mark is a registered certification label for products sourced from developing countries that meet stri