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-2034
Feral Trade Bristol, UK to Mitchell Eley Gould Bath, UK
dispatched 14/12/14 delivered 15/12/14
coffee El Volador shipment FER-2034
REMARKS: sample architects' office supply
QTY: 1 units at bag each
FROM: Feral Trade in Bristol, UK
http://feraltrade.org
TO: Mitchell Eley Gould in Bath, UK
http://www.mitchelleleygould.co.uk
SENDER:kate rich
RECEIVER: Aine Moriarty
REQUESTED: to ship between 05/12/14 and 12/12/14
INVOICE:invoice-2034
STATUS: delivered Mitchell Eley Gould 15/12/14
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COURIER: Grupo Soher  Alvaro Soberanes  kate rich  Aine Moriarty 
TOTAL ROUTE:  Finca El Volador-Veracruz Port-Southhampton Port-Coffee Compass roasters-Feral Trade-Bristol Temple Meads station-Bath station--Mitchell Eley Gould
coffee El Volador Feral Trade to Mitchell Eley Gould
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
Courier Report FER-2034 DISPATCHED: 14/12/14 DELIVERED: 15/12/14 kate rich Áine dropped by Feral Trade flat sunday afternoon enroute home from london megabus. picked up coffee to transport to Mitchell Taylor Bath offices monday morning, travelling there via bike & train.
onward transit of FER-1807 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: Finca El Volador to Feral Trade
           
freight and handling coffee El Volador to Mitchell Eley Gould 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