Main Lane Coffee Roasters — Website Crawl
Sources: Main Lane Coffee Roasters (website, crawl of https://mainlanecoffeeroasters.com, 2026-04-28)
24-page crawl of the Main Lane Coffee Roasters website (German and English editions), capturing the company homepage, all producer profile pages, and all current product pages. Crawled 2026-04-28.
Raw file: raw/International export/mainlanecoffeeroasters-crawl.md
What this source contains
- Company profile: German specialty roaster based in Kleinmachnow (near Berlin/Potsdam), run by Sebastian von Spalding; B2C online shop with bilingual DE/EN interface
- Product tier system: Easy / Experimental / Excellence — a clear quality segmentation model with price points (€12–€20)
- 7 current products (April 2026): 4 from El Salvador, 1 from Colombia, 1 from Mexico (decaf), 1 from Brazil
- 6 producer profiles: Finca Monteverde (Colombia), Francisco Barretto (Brazil), Incahuasi Cooperative (Peru), Kingha Collective (Uganda), María Pineda (El Salvador), La Palma & El Túnel / BioKrop (El Salvador)
- Detailed lot specs: variety, altitude, process, harvest dates, cup notes for each product
Key takeaways by topic
El Salvador relevance
4 of 7 products are from El Salvador — two from Apaneca-Ilamatepec (Rafael Silva: Anacafé-14 Natural; José Guillén: Pacamara Anaerobic), two from Alotepec-Metapán (Fredy Recinos: Pacamara Natural; María Pineda: Pacamara Washed). Main Lane is one of the most ES-focused specialty roasters in Germany by product mix. This makes them a highly relevant potential buyer for Kaiserblick’s green coffee export.
BioKrop project
A consortium of 9 smallholder farms in Alotepec-Metapán, founded 2015 by Jorge Cruz of Tierra Bendita. Exports since 2018. An agroecological cooperative model in El Salvador worth understanding as a market structure.
Anacafé-14 variety
Used by Rafael Silva Jr. on Finca El Ángel in Apaneca. Also grown at Kaiserblick’s El Retiro farm. This source confirms the variety produces a competitive, commercially viable cup at the Experimental tier. See Coffee Varieties.
Low-temperature anaerobic fermentation
Guillén’s 96h cold-chamber anaerobic Natural is a notable processing innovation at the Excellence tier. The cold chamber controls fermentation speed and flavour precision. Now documented in Coffee Processing.
Alotepec-Metapán as a distinct region
This source provides the richest detail yet on El Salvador’s northern coffee region — producer profiles, cup styles, altitude ranges. Triggered creation of Alotepec-Metapán as a new wiki page.
Competitive pricing reference
Specialty ES coffees (Pacamara, Anacafé-14) sell at €15–€17 per 250g in the German retail market at this quality level. Easy-tier coffees from Brazil/Mexico/Peru/Uganda sell at €12–€15. Useful benchmark for pricing discussions.
Pages created or updated
| Action | Page |
|---|---|
| Created | Main Lane Coffee Roasters |
| Created | Alotepec-Metapán |
| Updated | Coffee Varieties — Anacafé-14 profile expanded; Chiroso and Mundo Maya added |
| Updated | Coffee Processing — Anaerobic fermentation and low-temperature variant added |
| Updated | Apaneca-Ilamatepec — wiki-link to Alotepec-Metapán added |