ET-0426
Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe, Gedeo Zone
- Variety
- Heirloom
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1800–2100 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
Gedeb area washing-station cooperative
Yirgacheffe, Gedeo Zone · 1800–2100 m
The cooperative delivers cherry to one washing station and is paid per kilo at the gate. They agreed in writing to publish the price paid and these photographs; individual member names stay off the site at their request.
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.
- HarvestNov 18, 2025weigh ticket· WS-1118-04
Cherries picked
Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia · held by producer · 1,000 kg
Hand-picked at peak ripeness and delivered to the washing station the same evening. The station weighs each delivery at the gate and issues a ticket per member.
Washing-station intake ticket, 1,000 kg cherry.
- ProcessingNov 22, 2025log sheet· DRY-04-2025
Washed and dried on raised beds
washing station · held by washing station · 170 kg
De-pulped, fermented 36 hours, washed, then 12 days on raised beds turned by hand.
Daily drying log: moisture readings and turning times.
- ExportJan 15, 2026invoice· FOB-ET-0426
Milled, graded, containerised
Addis Ababa → Djibouti · held by exporter · 60 kg
Dry-milled, hand-sorted, graded, then trucked to port and loaded.
FOB price per lb: $5.85
Export invoice: FOB price, lot weight and grade.
- ImportMar 2, 2026declaration· IMP-2026-0302
Landed at the Port of New York and New Jersey (Red Hook Container Terminal), cleared customs
Port of New York and New Jersey (Red Hook Container Terminal) · held by importer · 60 kg
Ocean freight, then the customs entry and the prior notice filed with the FDA before the container was released.
Customs entry summary and the FDA prior notice confirmation for the lot.
- RoastAug 5, 2026log sheet· ROAST-0805-B2
Roasted in 8 lb batches
Brooklyn, New York · held by roastery · 6.75 lb
Light-medium. 8.00 lb green in, 6.75 lb roasted out. Roasted to order rather than to stock, so nothing sits in a warehouse.
Roast profile sheet: 8.00 lb in, 6.75 lb out.
- PackAug 6, 2026weigh ticket· PACK-0806
Bagged with the lot card
Brooklyn · held by Ground Up · 6.75 lb
12 oz bags. Each card prints this lot code and the address of this page.
Packing sheet: 9 bags at 12 oz, checked on the scale.
- DeliveryAug 8, 2026photo· DLV-0808-R1
Hand-delivered on the Brooklyn round
Brooklyn, New York · held by volunteer
Walked on Saturday morning, within 72 hours of roasting. Each household confirms the handover.
Doorstep photograph, taken with the household’s permission.
The money
22% 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$5.20
- Paid to the farm (FOB, from export invoice)$3.50
- Freight, duty and import entry$1.60
- Roasting and QC$3.90
- Bag, card, printing$1.30
- Delivery round$2.10
- Set aside for the next origin visit$1.90
The producer line is the cherry payment itemised on the export invoice, which is not the same as the farm-gate price — the washing station and the 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 ET-0426 · 12 oz
documented lot
Checksum · ET-0426
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