They do take a while I remember the Bolivian we had a couple of years ago being a nightmare. The coffees are kept in parchment on the whole to preserve the quality for as long as possible. This means once the auctions complete they need to mill the coffee then prepare it and ship.

The brazil one this year has had extra problems. Due to a great idea by them they vac packed the coffee which I guess caused some logistical problems (it was done on the famous Daterra farm but how central that was to the mill and the farm’s I’m not sure. Add to this is was ready to ship but then the carnival happened and nothing leaves port at carnival time a whole heap of extra problems happened. Lets just say that good things come to those who wait.

Can you see why I’m cheerful now.

Just a quick question, how come if the COE award ceromony was on December 8th 06 and the auction was completed on jan 16th 07 that you have to wait about 2 months before your winning lots arrive? I’m sure there must be some logical reasons for this…but they allude me. Is this normal procedure for COE?