Frequently Asked Questions
Event Details
This virtual experience will bring Cauca and Valle del Cauca to life over the course of four days, August 11-14, 2020, with 90 minute visits to producer groups and interactive cupping sessions.
The trip will visit each organizations headquarters, as well as regional farm visits. Day one and two will be in Popayan, day three in Santander de Quilichao, and day four in Restrepo/Buga.
Please join us August 11-14, 2020 @ 10am Colombia Time (COT), which is located in the UTC−05:00 zone. Each Live Visit will run 90-120 minutes:
- Los Angeles, CA, USA – 08:00 am
- Bogota, Colombia – 10:00 am
- New York, NY, USA – 11:00 am
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – 04:00 pm
- South Korea, Seoul – 12:00 am
- Sydney, Australia – 1:00am
Registered buyers and observers will log into their Coffee for Peace account and to find the link to the live zoom sessions.
On the day of the event, visit the Event Schedule in the Coffee for Peace Portal to connect to the live broadcasts.
Buyers will connect to the live session on your computer through Zoom. Please download the Zoom desktop or mobile application for the strongest connection.
Observers will connect to the live session through the web browser. Please visit that day’s details page to connect.
To connect to the live sessions you will need a computer or a mobile device and an internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE).
Please check the recommended system requirements ahead of time to ensure you have the best experience.
We will record each day’s event in case you missed the live participation. You can view the recording on the session’s detail page.
Coffee Buying
Buyers participating in the C4P Virtual Buyers Caravan will receive a set of top micro-lots and regional blends (both roasted and green) from four producer organizations located in Cauca and Valle, Colombia, and will be asked to cup and submit scores for discussion prior to each visit. Learn more here.
Remote cupping sessions for the Virtual Buyers Caravan will be available on the morning of Tuesday, August 4 (US Time). Please record your scores through the Cropster Cup mobile app or submit your scores in Cropster through a web browser. If you need assistance with Cropster, training is available. Learn more here.
The coffees will come from farmers of four organizations in Colombia:
- Comite del Cauca
- Cencoic
- Cafinorte
- Cafioccidente
Of the 40 lots, the majority of lots are Individual Farmer Micro-Lots between 5-10 bags (35kg each of green coffee), with a few community lots reaching between 100-150 bags (35kg each of green coffee). The lot sizes of each lot will be confirmed during the event.
Coffee lots will range in price from $1.95-3 FOB Colombia. Buyers will have the option to reward their favorite coffees with a voluntary quality premium.
Each sample was taken from the actual received parchment coffee lots, which are stored in pergamino in the farmer organization warehouses.
All the coffees will be dry milled and exported by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.
All coffees will be packaged in Grain Pro in 35kg bags.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia will be in charge export and logistics will range between $0.30 and $0.50 per lb. depending on physical coffee parchment to exportable green coffee yields.
You must register with us and be approved as a buyer prior to the event in order to receive samples and purchase these coffees. Any approved buyer, Roasting or Trading company, can purchase the coffees.
Step 1: Immediately after each day’s event registered buyers will submit their corresponding purchase request and importer preferences to CraftCoffees@cafedecolombia.com
Step 2: If there are multiple requests for purchasing the same lots our team will contact the buyers to discuss sharing options.
Step 3: The Craft Coffees team will generate and send you the purchase agreement the same day.
Step 4: We request you sign and return the purchase agreement within 24 hours.
Step 5: If you are not a registered importer you will need to confirm and coordinate this purchase with your importer.
The goal is to ship the coffees from Colombia within 4 weeks of the event.
