From farm
to roastery.
Importing green coffee can feel like a black box — especially the first time. It isn't. Here's the full journey your coffee makes, from a hillside in Brazil to your roastery in the U.S., and the delivery options that let you buy on your terms.
The whole journey at a glance — origin operations in Brazil, the ocean crossing, and partial-lot delivery from a U.S. warehouse.
Seven stages, fully traceable.
Each step is handled in-house or by partners we manage directly — so quality and accountability never change hands without us.
Harvest & processing
Ripe cherries are selectively picked and processed — Natural, Honey, or Washed — the step where the cup's character is set.
Drying
Coffee is dried slowly and evenly to a stable moisture (around 10.5–11.5%) on patios, raised beds, or controlled dryers.
Dry milling
The dried parchment is hulled, then sorted and graded by size, density, and defect to produce clean, export-ready green coffee.
Quality control
Each lot is physically graded and cupped to SCA protocol before it's approved and allocated to your order.
Container loading
Approved lots are bagged to your spec, lined for moisture protection, and loaded into the container at the port.
Ocean freight
The container sails from Santos to the U.S. We book the vessel and manage export documentation, shipping, and customs paperwork.
Destination warehouse
Coffee arrives, clears customs and FDA, and is stored ready for release. From here we deliver the lots and volumes you need, when you need them.
Hand off where it suits you.
Take over at the port in Brazil, or let us carry the coffee all the way to a U.S. warehouse. Same coffee — you choose how much of the logistics you want to own.
FOB Brazil
We deliver export-ready coffee onto the vessel at the Port of Santos. From there, your forwarder handles ocean freight and import.
- Processing & milling
- Quality approval
- Bagging to spec
- Loading at Santos
- Ocean freight
- Import & customs
- Destination delivery
Delivered to U.S.
We manage the entire chain to a U.S. warehouse — freight, documentation, customs, and FDA — then fulfill your lots from there.
- Everything in Option A
- Ocean freight & booking
- Import, customs & FDA
- Warehousing & fulfillment
- Choosing your lots
- Telling us where & when
We import the container. You take only what you need.
We bring whole containers into the market and hold them ready. You order partial lots against that inventory — so you're never forced to commit to a full container's worth of cash or coffee.
Drawn down into the lots you actually order.
From a few bags for a single-origin release to pallets for an ongoing program — fulfilled on your schedule, with full traceability intact.
Two sizes. Your name on the bag.
Choose the format that fits your workflow — and put your own brand on it.
Easier to lift, store, and rotate — well suited to smaller roasters and frequent single-origin changes.
The industry-standard sack for efficient volume buying and established green programs.
Your logo, your story — on every bag.
Bags can be customized with your brand so the coffee that lands at your roastery already speaks in your voice — useful for traceable, story-led offerings.
You don't have to become a logistics expert.
Plenty of great roasters have never imported a single bag. With the delivered option, your side of the work stays small.
The complicated part
- Export documentation & compliance
- Ocean freight booking & tracking
- U.S. customs & FDA clearance
- Warehousing & cold-to-shelf storage
- Partial-lot fulfillment to you
The easy part
- Choosing the coffees you love
- Telling us volume & bag size
- Telling us where & when to deliver
- Roasting something exceptional
One partner for the whole journey — or just the part you need.
Whether you take the coffee FOB in Santos or have it delivered to your warehouse, the same traceability, quality, and care follow every bag the entire way.