There are slowdowns to container movement at ports with the current COVID-19 outbreak. Many countries have experienced staff shortages due to safety protocols, fear over getting sick, and transportation restrictions. These deficits mean longer unloading times, which also means there are fewer boxes actively circulating as they wait in a queue to be shipped.
According to a Bloomberg report from late March, “The availability of cargo containers at Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp in Europe and Long Beach and Los Angeles in the U.S. are at the lowest levels recorded. Imports to the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which have a 35% share of containers coming into the U.S., fell as much as 3% in the first two months of the first quarter.”
At Perfect Roast Coffee we’ve anticipated this and we built up our warehouse inventory accordingly from Ethiopia, Peru, Kenya and Colombia to mention a few great regions. We currently have a large shipment of some great single origin coffee beans from Costa Rica in transit, which is scheduled to arrive in early May.
We know that you can’t buy roasted coffee in large amounts to anticipate shortages, since roasted coffee doesn’t remain fresh for long and only lasts at most 6 weeks. Green coffee beans, however, are a different story. They can last for a very long time (we are talking years!) if stored and packaged properly. We have packaged our green coffee in GrainPro lined jute bags. To ensure freshness, this coffee is sealed at origin.
So to pacify any worries you may have about not getting your caffeine fix with your favorite coffee, we at PRC have decided to offer our monthly subscribers the opportunity to lock in their favorite brews. We will put aside the amount you will want to order in the next three months with your name on the beans, then we will roast them just before shipping them to your door.
Just go to our web page at www.PerfectRoastCoffee.com and become a Coffee Club Member today and have one less thing to think about.
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