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| feral trade coffee El Volador |
| from Finca El Volador Coatapec, Mexico | | 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-1914 | | Eastside Projects Birmingham, UK to FoAM Brussels, Belgium | | dispatched 20/02/14 delivered 21/02/14 |
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| coffee El Volador shipment FER-1914
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| REMARKS: | took up brussels courier opportunity without a specific customer in mind, FoAM being stocked up from last delivery with core coffee drinkers over wintering in australia. FoAM agreed to depot. |
| QTY: | 4 units at bag each |
| FROM: |
Eastside Projects in Birmingham, UK
http://www.eastsideprojects.org/ |
| TO: |
FoAM in Brussels, Belgium
http://fo.am |
| SENDER: | kate rich |
| RECEIVER: | foam |
| REQUESTED: | to ship between 20/02/14 and 21/02/14 |
| STATUS: | delivered FoAM 21/02/14 |
| MAP | route map |
| www.feraltrade.org |
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COURIER:
 Grupo Soher
Alvaro Soberanes
Parcelforce
Harun Morrison
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Finca El Volador-Veracruz Port-Southhampton Port-Coffee Compass roasters-Coffee Compass roasters-Eastside Projects-Birmingham New Street station-London St Pancras station-Brussels Midi station--FoAM |
| coffee El Volador Eastside Projects to FoAM
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| 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-1914 DISPATCHED: 20/02/14 DELIVERED: 21/02/14 Harun Morrison With two friends we dropped off the coffee at FOAM in Brussels. We were in
Belgium that weekend for Artefact’s music festival in Leuven. On Fridays
FOAM hosts a weekly open studio event, so we were able to meet other people
connected with this interdisciplinary space. Among many gems, we were
introduced to the emerging bio-punk movement (FOAM has a small lab), as
well as receiving a great tour of the spaces. It was fantastic to meet Rasa
Alksnyte; artist and co-manager of the space. She hosted us wonderfully
with great red wine. The meeting led to an invitation back to FOAM the
following year. The act of couriering instigated a mazy open-ended journey
and mission through the streets of Brussels. It has been an unexpected
starting point for a great set of new conversations. |
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| onward transit of FER-1880 from Coffee Compass roasters arrived Eastside Projects 2013-12-05 | |
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| FER-1807 coffee El Volador from Finca El Volador arrived Feral Trade 2013-10-07 |
| 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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coffee El Volador transit: Coffee Compass roasters to Eastside Projects
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coffee El Volador transit: Finca El Volador to Feral Trade
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| freight and handling coffee El Volador to FoAM sponsored by |
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| | 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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