A brief introduction of our Sister Company Mastercol and their coffee options.

La cosecha de diciembre de este año llegará con ‘prima’ para los agricultores de cafés especiales de Jericó, gracias a un programa piloto
para repotenciar las vocaciones tradicionales que lidera la Fundación ProJericó con recursos de la Mina Quebradona, filial de la firma sudafricana AngloGold Ashanti (AGA).

Y es que, en la próxima cosecha (noviembre a febrero 2021), un grupo de 32 caficultores que hacen parte de la Asociación Café, Carriel y Arrieros, y que producen café de altura (a más de 1.850 metros), venderán su grano de origen a un mejor precio que el habitual, pues por su calidad, la comercializadora MasterCol llevará sus productos al mercado internacional.

El café de Sandra
Sandra Patricia Castaño Mira es caficultora por vocación y junto con su familia han sido productores y comercializadores de café. Es la dueña de ‘Café Don Rafa’ (su abuelo), un local ubicado en el parque principal de Jericó. Ella, es la actual presidenta de la Asociación Café, Carriel y Arrieros, que se creó en junio del año pasado, para fortalecer a los agricultores con capacitaciones sobre los diferentes tipos de café como los lavados, honey y naturales.
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Con estas capacitaciones supieron qué tipo de café tenían y al aplicar las técnicas correctas han logrado obtener un mayor precio por su producto. La exportadora Mastercol, les ofrece el fortalecimiento en postcosecha (despulpado, la remoción del mucílago, lavado y secado). Natalia Mejía gerente de la comercializadora se mostró sorprendida por el potencial de los caficultores de Jericó que poseen toda la experiencia y dijo que “ya tienen el café en su sangre y están buscando una oportunidad nueva de llevar este café a unos nuevos mercados y que conozcan sus perfiles”.

Mastercol our sister company was recently introduced to Rfinder, a New Zealand based tech company who were tasked with finding an efficient solution for tracking their coffee shipments throughout the delivery process and providing the customer with a wealth of information. Find out more about Rfinder on  New Zealand Today using the button below.

We donated a Capsule machine and a large number of capsules to our local NHS trust for the NHS Coffee Appeal. We are happy to see that we have played a small part in raising the morale during these tough times. (Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS foundation Trust, Head to Toe Charity) .

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​Thank you for the unfailing support that you have given Head to Toe Charity and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, for helping our NHS get through these challenging times, and for rallying the community around our staff and patients. 
 
The last few months have been tough. Never has our National Health Service had to cope with, or respond to anything like the Covid-19 pandemic, and that response has been heroic; taking huge amounts of hard work and resolve. 
 
But, that response is also on the back of the incredible morale boost from the businesses, community groups and organisations like yours, who have gone above and beyond to lift the spirits of our staff and the patients they care for.  Thanks to your help, Head to Toe Charity has been able to distribute gifts, care packages and donations across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust – to demonstrate to our NHS staff just how much our wider community appreciates their hard work. 
 
Head to Toe Charity Team 
 
Hannah Wysocki – Charity Manager 
Tom Petie – Community Fundraising Officer 

As restrictions and lock down measures are slowly easing after these difficult months.
The Government, European Food Safety Authority and WHO, still maintain that the transmission through food is unlikely and there is no evidence of this occurring with the novel coronavirus to date.
 
As from the 6th July 2020, Masteroast will start to allow visits on site.  Visits must be agreed in advanced and pre-booked. There can only be 2 groups of 2 people allowed to visit the site at one time.  Un-announced visits to the site, will currently not be allowed. All visits on site will be co-ordinated by Masteroast.

• Any site visitor will be requested to complete the health hygiene form QP-018. On arrival.
• Any site visitor to the factory will have their temperature monitored.
• If the person has a temperature or declines to have their temperature taken, they will not be allowed on site.
• All site visitors are asked to come on site wearing a mask, to maintain social distancing requirements of 2m where possible, in order to protect Masteroast employees.
• All site visitors are asked to follow site hygiene rules and procedures regarding infection prevention and control by:  washing and sanitizing hands, not touching one’s face, as well as following general coughing and sneezing etiquette in order to prevent and minimise cross contamination and infection.

We would like to assure you that Masteroast has QA, Hygiene, Food safety policies and procedures in place, and we manage communicable disease and illness.
 
If you require further information regarding specific products or would like to discuss further, please do not hesitate to contact us.
 
 
Masteroast Coffee Company