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Cafe Imports is Proud to Announce that 2010 Has Been By-Far the Biggest Year Ever for Microlots!

What is a microlot?  We define a microlot as a specific harvest of coffee, usually 10-75 bags that contains exceptionally cared for beans with an elevated level of traceability back to the farm where it came from.  We believe that microlots are some of the world'd best coffee because of the care and attention given to them.  

This year we have brought in nearly 5x as many Microlot containers than last year.  At the end of the year, we anticipate having successfully imported over 25 containers of microlots. 

What is a container you ask?  Well, our lingo, what we call a "container" or a "box" is a ship loaded freight container that holds around 270 bags of coffee.   If we estimate that each bag is about 150 pounds, then each container would hold about 40,000 pounds of coffee.  Wowza!  How many pounds in 25 containers? 

1,000,000 pounds of microlot coffee! 

We are very proud of this year's achievement in helping create a market for well grown, beautifully processed, and delicately handled, small lots of the world's best coffee beans.  And thank you guys for buying these beans and continuing to raise the bar in the industry.  

So what is on hand now?  

Right now we have:

Brazilian Microlots

Costa Rican Microlots

El Salvadorian Microlots

Guatemalan Microlots

Kenyan Microlots

Nicaraguan Microlots

What is coming yet this year??

Colombian Microlots are on their way!

Sulawesi Microlots are soon to ship!

Feel free to ask your sales rep all about current or upcoming microlots, or email sales@cafeimports.com