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| feral trade coffee San Ramon |
| from San Ramon San Pedro Nonualco, El Salvador | | Single estate coffee beans from Adilio Ceron Escobar and Blanca de Ceron in San Ramon El Salvador, this shipment represents their entire 2010 crop. The Cerons de-husked the coffee the old-fashioned hard-core way at home with a hollowed out tree stump and large wooden pestle. Facilitated for Feral Trade by US Peace Corps husband and wife Helen Cold and Matt Ferderbar in San Ramon; roasted UK by Richard Jansz and Coffee Compass in the seaside resort of Littlehampton.
ferally traded since: 14/02/11.
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| | FER-1583 | | Feral Trade Bristol, UK to Fell Street San Francisco, USA | | dispatched 02/05/11 delivered 25/05/11 |
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COURIER:
 delta airlines
Helen Cold
Matt Ferderbar
kate rich
Adilio Cerón Escobar
Blanca de Cerón
Kingscote Freight
World Freight Services
Parcelforce
Richard Jansz
kate rich
natalie jeremijenko
Kevin Harris
jenna didier
oliver hess
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
San Ramon-San Pedro Nonualco-San Salvador-SAL San Salvador airport-Atlanta airport-LGW-London Heathrow Airport-Coffee Compass roasters-Feral Trade-Bristol bus station-London Heathrow Airport-Newark Liberty airport-New York Penn Station-1 Washington Sq Village-John F Kennedy airport-Atlanta airport-Savannah College of Art and Design-LAX Los Angeles airport-Materials & Applications-Los Angeles Union Station-Emeryville station--Fell Street |
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| coffee San Ramon Feral Trade to Fell Street
1. feral bag LAX 2. amtrak bus overheat haiatus 3. luggage transfer to new bus 4. amy balkin coffee fell street kitchen |
| Shipping Facts |
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| FER-1579 import purchase & freight
| | 205 x coffee San Ramon bag | gross | per bag |
| 287 lb green beans $460.50 | £297 |
£1.45 |
| road transport San Ramon to San Salvador airport $30.00 | £19.35 |
£0.09 |
| Delta airlines cargo $477.00 | £305 |
£1.49 |
| Packaging materials $10 | £6.45 |
£0.03 |
| SAL airport parking $4.50 | £2.9 |
£0.01 |
| Money transfer fee to Western Union | £42 |
£0.20 |
| UK Customs clearance | £50 |
£0.24 |
| Kingscote freight agent handling fee | £32 |
£0.16 |
| Van transport Heathrow to Littlehampton | £45.63 |
£0.22 |
| (ref: sterling-dollar exchange rate 1.55 with western union) | £0 |
£0.00 |
| roasting at £2+VAT per 1kg green beans | £302.4 |
£1.48 |
| UK delivery at £7.50 per 25kg | £30 |
£0.15 |
| total | £1132.73 | £5.53 |
| | Courier Report FER-1583 DISPATCHED: 02/05/11 DELIVERED: 25/05/11 kate rich Woke at 530 AM to radio report of Osama Bin Laden's death by US forces, accompanied by audio of crowds outside the Whitehouse chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Bristol to Heathrow on the overkill early 645AM bus. Hung out at the Terminal 4 Cafe Nero with Osama news on TV. Dull flight with more degraded than usual food, watched Bourne Supremacy to add paranoia. After a 3PM landing at Newark Liberty airport, immigration took extra time asking about the 3 previous visits to Iran visible in my passport and despite answers I was escorted to secondary processing. This is in a large hall adjacent to the baggage retrieval area where sparse customers occupy the seating rows and the many uniformed and armed officials float dreamily around the desks pausing regularly to chat and joke with each other, rarely if ever have American workers moved so slowly. Laser printed signs describe the area as Soft Secondary. 3-4 officials consecutively pored through my passport asking the same questions particularly who I am visiting in the USA and what is relationship to them. I was re-escorted to the baggage carousel to retrieve my now long-arrived bag, containing amongst other things the feral trade coffee. The 4th official made it clear that she was the last person I would see there today and it was entirely up to her whether I would enter the US or not. She appeared surprised that tourism exists in Iran. She questioned why I was travelling with swimming goggles and how I had injured my feet, at points it felt almost like a normal conversation although at the same time she was happy to slice into the box of London tea, a gift for Natalie, with her knife. The coffee for California remained undisturbed. After transcribing the names and professions of my US hosts, effectively my core social/trade network in the USA, I was released from limbo into the by comparison free and solid ground of the arrivals concourse. Caught the train to NY Penn Station crossing commuter stampede to subway A to W4th st, Greenwich village seemed uneventful with no particular sign of Osama-killing elation on the streets. Arrived about 7PM at Washington Square Village apartment where bags and self were warehoused. Subsequently & with no drama I departed 17/5 via subway E and air train via JFK airport and Washington Dulles airport to Atlanta where the payload of coffee and now some AgBags (FER-1616 and 1618) lodged 3 nights at Savannah College of Art and Design campus in the visiting artist residence.
20/1 returned to ATL airport - where the coffee incidentally had transited 2 months previous on its route from El Salvador to UK - amd flew without incident to Los Angeles LAX airport, although newscasts were theorising that the prelude to the end of the world / Rapture might be scheduled for the following evening (May 21). Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals to downtown Union Station for a kerbside pickup by Jenna & Oliver (Materials and Applications) managed via adjacent person's mobile phone. 25/5 caught a bleary 7AM taxi back to Union station for the Amtrak thruway bus to Bakersfield which overheated in the mountain pass near Quail providing a 2hr roadside haitus in the desert, the driver admonished smokers to step way down the verge to prevent cigarettes from igniting passing diesel fumes. It was pleasantly cool yet sunny and 2 Amtrak mechanics eventually arrived with a changeout bus that got us to Bakersfield for the later San Joaquin valley train. Train was as usual spacious & smoothly conducted with no ID checks despite recent mini-hysteria over plans found in Bin Laden's bunker for Amtrak derailment terrorism. Arrived right on 715PM at Emeryville station in the East Bay for pickup courtesy Kevin Harris, we drove via Japantown dinner to Fell Street where the coffee was thankfully delivered.
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| onward transit of FER-1580 from Coffee Compass roasters arrived Feral Trade 2011-02-24 | |
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| FER-1579 coffee San Ramon from San Ramon arrived Coffee Compass roasters 2011-02-21 |
| delta airlines Origin SAL Destination LHR Pieces 6 Weight 124.0kg. 15FEB/1002 -- 6 PIECES ACCEPTED AT SAL | 15FEB/1002 -- 6 PIECES AT SAL ASSIGNED TO DL374/15FEB | 15FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM SAL ON DL374/15FEB TO ATL | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES AUTHORIZED AT ATL FOR INBOND TRANSIT | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES ARRIVED AT ATL ON DL374/15FEB FOR TRANSIT | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES AT ATL ASSIGNED TO DL010/16FEB | 16FEB/1354 -- 6 PIECES REMOVED DL010/16FEB AT ATL AND AWAITING FLIGHT ASSIGNMENT | 16FEB/1354 -- 6 PIECES AT ATL ASSIGNED TO DL012/16FEB | 16FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM ATL ON DL012/16FEB TO LGW | 6 PIECES ARRIVED AT LGW 17FEB 0640 ON DL012/16FEB | 17FEB/0835 -- 6 PIECES CHECKED IN AT LGW OFF DL012/16FEB | 17FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM LGW ON DL6141T/17FEB TO LHR | 17FEB/2044 -- 6 PIECES CHECKED IN AT LHR OFF DL6141/17FEB | 17FEB -- 6 PIECES AT LHR BEING HELD FOR PICKUP | 17FEBOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE CONSIGNEE OR HIS AGENT | 18FEB/2338 -- 6 PIECES DELIVERED AT LHR TO KINGSCOTE ROJAY LTD | | Helen Cold Fri, 18 Feb 2011
Hi there Kate,
Did you get the shipment yet? Hopefully there were no problems there for you
(and hopefully the security guys that searched the shipment before it was
sent didn't damage the packaging!).
You probably got the receipts in the boxes, but I am going to scan and send
a copy ASAP (will include transportation,coffee, and I can scan the airbill
if you would like a copy).
As I said, the shipping bill was less than the quotation over the phone
(don't have the airbill here, but the final cost was $477.?? and not
$550.00) and so was wondering if I could send you a personal check for the
difference. Could you cash that at your local bank? That would probably be
the easiest way for me to get money to you, and would have the smallest fee
associated with it.
We had to pay $4.50 total for the morning's parking, and sending a letter to
you will probably cost around $1.50, so I can send you a check for $67.?? if
that method of payment will work for you. Just let me know, or if something
else would work better.
I'll also get you some photos as soon as I am able to download them.
Thanks!
Helen | | kate rich Sat Feb 12th cycled to the Money Shop Western Union agent on Gloucester road Bristol with £719 cash transfer to Blanca, the farmer, for pick up at the Western Union agent, San Salvador airport (SAL) Monday morning. Monday at 14:11h GMT got an SMS from Helen and Matt at SAL with Blanca. She had given her maiden name for the transfer which did not match her government ID. Cycled back to the Money Shop and waited in line with all the end of month paycheck advance customers, eventually showed the counter clerk my photo-ID and got the name change. SMS from Helen at SAL with shipment success and the Delta airwaybill number for tracking. Back home I phoned Kingscote Freight agent at LHR to intercept the shipment on arrival. As I don't have a fax machine, I had to email Kingscote a request to World Freight Services to hand the shipment over to Kingscote on arrival, which they then faxed to World Freight Services. As green beans (not roasted, not decaffeinated, not
organic / Tariff code 09011100) the coffee isn't liable for VAT or duty, the Kingscote agent suggested excise duty might be payable but that seems to only apply to alcohol, cigarettes, carbon trading and gambling. | | Kingscote Freight 01784424600 |
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coffee San Ramon transit: Coffee Compass roasters to Feral Trade
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coffee San Ramon transit: San Ramon to Coffee Compass roasters
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| freight and handling coffee San Ramon to Fell Street 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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