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feral trade coffee El Volador |
Coffee farmed by Álvaro Soberanes at sky high altitude of 1500m, under old growth leguminous trees which pump nitrogen back into the soil, nothing more needs to be added. The farm is called El Volador which means the Flying One. The Cerro de la Campana area near Coatepec, Veracruz provides almost perfect conditions for coffee growing, producing one of the best coffees in Mexico if not the World.
ferally traded since: 22/11/12.
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| FER-1807 | Finca El Volador Coatapec, Mexico to Feral Trade Bristol, UK | dispatched 26/07/13 delivered 07/10/13 |
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| coffee El Volador shipment FER-1807
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REMARKS: | Feral Trade purchased the second half of Álvaro Soberanes 2013 harvest, 5x sacks green beans in respose, shipping by sea from the port of Veracruz to the port of Felixstowe |
QTY: | 583 units at bag each |
FROM: |
Finca El Volador in Coatapec, Mexico http:// |
TO: |
Feral Trade in Bristol, UK http://feraltrade.org |
SENDER: | Alvaro Soberanes |
RECEIVER: | kate rich |
REQUESTED: | to ship between 12/06/13 and 30/08/14 |
STATUS: | delivered Feral Trade 07/10/13 |
MAP | route map |
www.feraltrade.org |
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COURIER:
Grupo Soher
Alvaro Soberanes
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TOTAL ROUTE:
Finca El Volador-Veracruz Port-Southhampton Port-Coffee Compass roasters--Feral Trade |
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coffee El Volador Finca El Volador to Feral Trade
1. el volador youth coffee plant 2. coffee fruit after depulping and before fermentation 3. queue of coffee mid fermention 4. harvested coffee drying 5. shipment11 filling sacks 6. el volador shipment11 bagged |
Shipping Facts |
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FER-1807 import purchase & freight
| 583 x coffee El Volador 500g bag | gross | per 500g bag |
Total to farmer for 4 sacks/280kg green beans at $85 pesos/kg, 18.51 MXN to GBP, a top market price. However due to farmer error, 5 sacks totalling 350KG were accidentally delivered to port. Faced with the options of high-priced transport back to farm or alternately incineration, trader & farmer agreed to ship all 5 sacks at the pre-agreed price | £1286 |
£2.21 |
Price paid by trader for coffee delivery to Grupo Soher in port of Veracruz 2366 MXN, a subsequent dispute over documents meant farmer was charged extra for port storage by the shipping company | £128 |
£0.22 |
Currency transfer fee with HiFx to transfer UK pounds to MXN | £9 |
£0.02 |
Freight handling and Customs at Veracruz port with Grupo Soher $350 USD at 1.55 USD to GBP | £226 |
£0.39 |
Port clearance UK Felixstowe with UK freight agent Jag UFS | £35 |
£0.06 |
Terminal clearance Felixstowe | £86.94 |
£0.15 |
UK Customs documents | £64 |
£0.11 |
Port levy | £16.7 |
£0.03 |
Port security | £6.5 |
£0.01 |
Disbursements & Roe Diff at £11.30 / £12.42 | £23.72 |
£0.04 |
2 days port storage after the initial 1 week grace period expired, due to Grupo Soher delay in releasing the shipment, Grupo Soher refused responsibility so trader minus any leverage was forced to cough up. | £119.23 |
£0.20 |
Road transport to roaster in Littlehampton | £105 |
£0.18 |
Coffee Compass roasting at £2.40 per kg green beans | £672 |
£1.15 |
Road transport, roaster to feraltrade at £7.80 per 20.5KG roasted coffee | £88 |
£0.15 |
Metalised coffee bags at 36p+ VAT per unit | £241.92 |
£0.41 |
total | £3108.01 | £5.33 |
| Courier Report FER-1807 DISPATCHED: 26/07/13 DELIVERED: 07/10/13 Alvaro Soberanes Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:58:00 -0500
Hello Kate
News.
Money arrived well, thanks a lot.
Coffee was shiped from xalapa last friday, now is in veracruz port custom´
line to be "aproved" for shipment. Is all ready booked by the navy company.
Just having confirmed the itinerary, they will give us "customs
declaration".
Hope during this day, I will have exact dates for the coffee to be inside
the ship.
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freight and handling coffee El Volador to Feral Trade sponsored by |
| FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org |
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