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.
FER-2149
Display Distribute Hong Kong, China to Morning Space Chengdu, China
dispatched 07/07/15 delivered 23/07/15
coffee El Volador shipment FER-2149
REMARKS: .5KG for Morning Space 早上好, Chengdu
QTY: 1 units at bag each
FROM: Display Distribute in Hong Kong, China
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TO: Morning Space in Chengdu, China
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SENDER:Ming Lin
RECEIVER: Stephanie Lu
REQUESTED: to ship between 22/07/15 and 23/06/15
STATUS: delivered Morning Space 23/07/15
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COURIER: Grupo Soher  Alvaro Soberanes  scruff mcfarlane  Jupiter Woods  Zoe Marden  Anto Marden  Ming Lin  Ming Lin  Yi Xin Tong 
TOTAL ROUTE:  Finca El Volador-Veracruz Port-Southhampton Port-Coffee Compass roasters-Feral Trade-Bristol bus station-London Victoria station-The Hive-JupiterWoods Gallery-London Heathrow Airport-Manila International airport-Hong Kong International airport-Woofer Ten-Display Distribute-Shenzhen station-Beijing West station-Red Gate Residency-Meridian Space-Xian airport-Chengdu airport--Morning Space

   
coffee El Volador Display Distribute to Morning Space 1. Feral Trade Coffee Red Gate Beijing LR 2. Feral Trade Coffee Chengdu
Shipping Facts
FER-1807 import purchase & freight
583 x coffee El Volador 500g baggrossper 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
Shipping Report FER-2149
onward transit of FER-2111 from Feral Trade arrived Display Distribute 2015-07-02
scruff mcfarlane Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 20:02:27 +0100 Subject: Re: feral trade coffee courier sought: bristol-london this community space in dalston is my first stop, they'd prob be ok with it https://www.facebook.com/events/432303666931502. coach is 12.30 from bus station, can collect on the way
Jupiter Woods Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:12:13 +0100 Subject: Feral Trade Shipment for Anto Marden: London/Honk Kong Dear Zoe, In the living room have left 4 kg for you to bring to your dad, in a tote bag titled: Keep London Independent, SHOP LOCAL. Considering that Ming (cc'd) will arrange for pickup in Honk Kong, I thought it would make sense for you to put Anto and Ming in touch. The shipment number of this load is FER-2111. Best, Emma
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.
coffee El Volador transit: Feral Trade to Display Distribute
     
coffee El Volador transit: Finca El Volador to Feral Trade
           
freight and handling coffee El Volador to Morning Space sponsored by
        
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