CLR Roasters to construct new coffee processing facility

Youngevity International’s coffee manufacturing division CLR Roasters has signed agreements to construct a new processing facility with H&H Exports and Marisol Silas, President of Silas Family Plantation Group.

Expected to be complete by September this year, construction of the new facility will expand CLR Roasters’ capabilities in Nicaragua, Central America.

The agreement also involves CLR Roasters’ acquisition of coffee brand Café Cachita, which will allow it to increase its profit participation in the green coffee distribution business from 50% to 75%.

Youngevity International president and CFO Dave Briskie said: “We are very pleased to expand our partnership with Alain Hernandez of H&H Exports and Marisol Silas of Silas Family Plantation Group.

“In addition to the new facility, we will be retaining our current processing facility, known as La Pita, to produce our certified coffees.

“Having the ability to keep our organic, rainforest alliance and other certified coffees separate from conventional coffees should provide us with a strong strategic advantage in the market and increased capacity to support growth in the coming years.”

Featuring modern technology and a lab, the new processing facility will occupy 45 acres of real estate in Matagalpa. It is expected to have 28,000ft² of office space in addition to a 160,000ft² warehouse, upon completion.

With a capacity to hold 48 million pounds of green coffee, the warehouse will be able to process more than 53 million pounds of green coffee every year.