CO-0311
Colombia
Huila
- Variety
- Caturra, Castillo
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1500–1800 m
- Roasted by
- partner roastery, Brooklyn
Every row of this record — 7 handovers and 7 cost lines — has a receipt, invoice, declaration or log behind it. The reference is printed next to each row.
Origin
A family farm above Pitalito
Huila · 1500–1800 m
Three hectares, picked by the family across four passes. They agreed in writing to publish the FOB price and these photographs, and asked that the farm name stay off the site.
We publish a producer’s name, face or farm name only with their written agreement, and only in the wording they chose. Anything they asked us to leave out is left out of the record as well as the page.
Transit
Ocean freight to the Port of New York and New Jersey (Red Hook Container Terminal), then road to the roastery. The dates on the export and import rows below come from the freight documents rather than from this illustration.
Chain of custody
7 of 7 handovers documented
Each row names who held the coffee, when, how much of it there was, and the document that proves it. The reference next to the badge is the one written on the paper in the folder.
- HarvestOct 30, 2025weigh ticket· FIN-1030-P4
Cherries picked over four passes
Huila, Colombia · held by producer · 900 kg
Selective picking across four passes through the same trees, weighed at the end of each day.
Farm intake sheet across the four picking passes.
- ProcessingNov 6, 2025log sheet· PATIO-1106
Dried whole in the cherry
farm patio · held by producer · 150 kg
21 days drying whole on the patio, turned by hand several times a day.
Drying log: daily turns and moisture readings to 10.5%.
- ExportJan 28, 2026invoice· FOB-CO-0311
Milled and shipped
Buenaventura · held by exporter · 60 kg
Dry-milled, graded, containerised at the port.
FOB price per lb: $5.60
Export invoice: FOB price and lot weight.
- ImportMar 20, 2026declaration· IMP-2026-0320
Landed at the Port of New York and New Jersey (Red Hook Container Terminal)
Port of New York and New Jersey (Red Hook Container Terminal) · held by importer · 60 kg
Ocean freight via the Panama Canal, then the customs entry and the FDA prior notice.
Customs entry summary and the FDA prior notice confirmation.
- RoastAug 12, 2026log sheet· ROAST-0812-B1
Roasted in 7 lb batches
Brooklyn, New York · held by roastery · 6 lb
Medium. 7.00 lb green in, 6.00 lb roasted out, rested 48 hours before bagging.
Roast profile sheet: 7.00 lb in, 6.00 lb out.
- PackAug 13, 2026weigh ticket· PACK-0813
Bagged with the lot card
Brooklyn · held by Ground Up · 6 lb
12 oz bags, lot card printed and checked against the scale.
Packing sheet: 8 bags at 12 oz.
- DeliveryAug 15, 2026photo· DLV-0815-R2
Hand-delivered on the Williamsburg round
Williamsburg, New York · held by volunteer
Delivered by hand, thermos on the doorstep. Each household confirms the handover.
Doorstep photograph, taken with the household’s permission.
The money
21% of the bag price
reached the producer
Every line below has an invoice or receipt number next to it in the folder. Add the lines up and you get the price on the bag.
- Green coffee at FOB$4.90
- Paid to the farm (FOB, from export invoice)$3.30
- Freight, duty and import entry$1.50
- Roasting and QC$3.90
- Bag, card, printing$1.30
- Delivery round$2.10
- Set aside for the next origin visit$1.80
The producer line is the cherry payment itemised on the export invoice, which is not the same as the farm-gate price — the drying patio and the dry mill sit between those two figures. We have asked the exporter for a farm-gate statement and will replace this line when it arrives.
Ground Up
lot CO-0311 · 12 oz
documented lot
Checksum · CO-0311
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