Green Coffee, Straight From Norte de Santander.
Direct Trade lots from a small family farm — no importer’s warehouse in between, no blended lots.
Most Green Coffee Makes Two Trips Before It Reaches You. Ours Makes One.
The usual route: farm — ocean freight — a warehouse, sometimes for months — before anyone roasting it ever sees a bag. Often blended with lots from a dozen other farms along the way. We cut the middle trip. Tostar Café works directly with a small family farm in Norte de Santander, Colombia — no warehouse layover, no blending lots to hit a volume target.
Roasting at Home
Small-batch lots from 500g, with real lot data — moisture, process, screen size, cupping score — before you buy. No 60kg minimums, no marketing description standing in for a spec sheet.
Buying for a Micro-Roastery
The same Direct Trade lots, sold in the fraction your roastery can actually turn over — 5kg to 20kg, not a shipping-container-sized minimum built for an importer.
Graded by a Certified Q Grader, Not a Marketing Team
Tostar Café is run by Napoleón Contreras, a Coffee Quality Institute-certified Q Grader with the full Specialty Coffee Association Coffee Skills Program behind him. Across Norte de Santander, 99% of coffee farms are under five hectares — that’s the region this coffee actually comes from, not a marketing description of it.
Buying Green Coffee Is a Technical Decision
Moisture, defect count, screen size, cupping score — what actually separates a real lot sheet from a flavor description.
- How to Read a Green Coffee Lot Sheet
- Green Coffee Beans vs. Roasted Coffee: The Difference
- How Much Green Coffee Should a Micro-Roastery Buy Per Batch?