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At Café Imports we take the time to evaluate each lot to ensure a standard of quality and to properly recommend the coffees you seek. Not sure how to choose? Give us a call!
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- Indicates that a complete beanology is available. Café Imports provides extended information for bean varieties. For an exclusive list of beanologies go here.
Offering Page Instructions
We update our offerings page with current information regularly and almost daily. With this direct-from-source information you can accurately choose, plan, and order your own coffee selections. Here's further explanation on what the columns of our offerings sheet mean:
Origin: The country from which the coffee originates.
Grade: The specifics of the coffee, let it be organic, natural, 18 screen, etc. Some of these are ambiguous, but further details can be obtained by looking at the next column, "Name".
Name: The name of the farm, mill, cooperative, etc.
ID: Our internal identification number for this particular lot of coffee.
Location:The following status indicators may be listed in the location column:
OPEN: coffee has NOT been shipped from origin; delivery column shows scheduled shipment month
Cafe Imports Fulfillment, LLC: coffee is in our warehouse in St Paul and available for delivery.
Continental Terminals: coffee is in Continental in New Jersey and available for delivery.
The Annex: coffee is in The Annex, San Leandro, California and available for delivery.
Bruni Intl: coffee is in Bruni Intl in Laredo, TX and available for delivery.
Olympia Intl: coffee is in Olympia Intl in Laredo, TX and available for delivery.
AFLOAT: coffee has been shipped from origin; ETA column shows estimated arrival date to U.S. port.
CLEARING: coffee has arrived at destination port, but pending Customs and/or FDA clearance.
St Paul, MN: coffee has arrived at the railyard in St Paul; 3-5 days for arrival to our warehouse
Laredo, TX: Coffee has crossed the border from Mexico; 5-7 days for arrival into our warehouse.
Houston: coffee has arrived in the port of Houston; 7-10 days for arrival to our warehouse.
Newark, NJ: coffee has arrive in the port of New Jersey; 7-10 days for arrival to our warehouse.
IN TRANSIT--USA: coffee is in transit to Cafe Imports and should arrive in 3-5 days.
IN TRANSIT--Continental Terminals: coffee is in transit to Continental in New Jersey and should arrive in 3-5 days.
CUSTOMS HOLD: coffee has been placed on hold by U.S. customs, pending exam. Add 5-10 days to transit time.
All transit times are estimates.
Q_avail: This is the quantity available for sale. Sometimes, this column will read zero. This means that all of the coffee has been sold, but the buyer has not taken delivery of the coffee yet. This is really a computer limitation. If the coffee is in our possession, we have to show it. It is not just to taunt you…
Total_q: The total quantity of the shipment, or amount that is currently in our warehouse.
UoM: Unit of Measure. The weight of the bags.
Delivery: When the coffee is expected to ship. It takes about a month for Centrals, a bit longer for Africans, and closer to two months for Indonesians.
- Indicates cupping notes are available. Learn about how we cup our samples 
- Indicates that a complete beanology is available. Café Imports provides extended information for bean varieties. For an exclusive list of beanologies go 
