Coffee Glossary · Trade
Traceability
The documented chain linking a coffee lot back through export, milling, and processing to the farms — increasingly the plots — that grew it. Once a specialty marketing flourish, traceability is now regulatory infrastructure: EUDR demands plot geolocation, buyers demand transparency reports, and certifications audit the chain. Practically it means lot codes assigned at cherry reception and preserved through every process step. Short chains trace easily — Volcana buys cherry directly from named farmer families, so plot-to-container linkage is native to the model.
Related terms
EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)
The EU regulation requiring that coffee (among seven commodities) placed on the European market be…
Micro-lot
A small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — a single farm's best day-lots, one variety from…
Direct Trade
Sourcing built on direct relationships between roasters (or importers) and producers — origin visits,…
Bill of Lading (B/L)
The ocean shipment's master document, issued by the carrier: simultaneously a receipt for the cargo, evidence…
Cash Against Documents (CAD)
A documentary collection payment method lighter than a letter of credit: the exporter ships, then routes the…
Crop Year / Fresh Crop / Past Crop
Coffee's vintage system: each origin's harvest defines its crop year (Laos: roughly October–September), and…
Reading up before buying? Volcana Coffee exports SGS-inspected specialty Arabica and Fine Robusta from the Bolaven Plateau, Laos — and we're happy to walk new importers through every term on a real offer sheet.
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