Who does Coffee Wood Marble sell to?

We supply importers, stone distributors, fabricators, quarries and project developers who buy Coffee Wood Marble in slabs, tiles or cut-to-size pieces. We work on the China side: the stone is bought from the mine, processed in Shuitou or Yunfu, inspected before loading and shipped FOB.

What is the minimum order quantity?

One mixed container for a first order. There is no per-piece minimum, and slab quantities can be split across a book-matched pair or an offcut depending on the job.

What thickness and finish are available?

Slabs are typically 18 mm and 20 mm, with 15 mm and 30 mm available. Common finishes are honed, polished, flamed, brushed, sandblasted and leathered. Tiles are produced in standard and large formats.

How long does production take?

Seven to fifteen working days after the deposit, depending on the form and finish. Cutting, edge profiling and surface treatment are the steps that set the pace, not the stone itself.

Which ports do you ship from?

Xiamen, Quanzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai. We quote FOB to the port you nominate and compare forwarders before booking.

Do you publish a price list?

No. Natural stone moves with the block, the grade, the finish and the market, so a number printed on a website is out of date by the time it is read. Send us the form, thickness, finish, size and quantity and we quote FOB in writing against that specification.

Can we get a sample before ordering?

Yes. We cut a sample from the same block as your order - an A4 hand sample, a book-matched pair or an offcut - and ship it by courier. There is no obligation to order afterwards.

Answers / Decisions

What are the practical differences between Coffee Wood Marble and a wood-grain porcelain?

The stone is quarried and the porcelain is fired, and everything practical follows from that: the figure is unique and printed porcelain repeats; the stone etches and porcelain does not; a stone panel can be repaired in place and a porcelain tile can be replaced.

Three polished stone slabs standing upright in timber frames, wrapped in clear plastic, side by side in a workshop. The faces are a flat grey-brown with fine straight parallel lines running across them, and the overhead lights reflect in long streaks along the polish. — Three slabs standing side by side. The straight parallel figure is what separates this stone from the dramatic veined marbles.

Application image, a design render rather than a photograph. A reception floor with a full-height stone backdrop behind the desk, the counter itself in the same stone, and concealed lighting washing down the wall from above. — The reception at the Qingyi River Hotel, where this stone is the wall behind the desk.

Reference photographs. They show the material and the finish; they are not photographs of goods we made, and the colour on screen is not a colour-match.

The figures, and where each one comes from

	Coffee Wood Marble	Wood-grain porcelain
Origin	Quarried in Guizhou, cut and polished	Fired clay body with a printed face
The figure	Unique to the block	Repeats across the floor
Water	Absorbs slightly, and is sealed	Does not absorb
Acid	Etches	Safe
Edge	Sawn or profiled, and it is the cost	Moulded
The argument for it	The figure is the point	It is cheaper and it is easier to live with

Why it behaves the way it does

The most useful way to put it is that porcelain is the answer to a maintenance brief and this stone is the answer to a design brief. A client who cannot decide between them usually has one of the two briefs and has not noticed which.

What these figures are, and what they are not

We supply the marble. This page is not a comparison of our product against another supplier's, and we do not publish figures for anybody else's material.

Measured data sheets and test reports

If you are specifying this

We have not published products against this question yet. Send us the process, thickness and quantity and we will quote it against what we can actually form, rather than against a catalogue.

Send a specification Ask for a sample

The figures

	Coffee Wood Marble	Wood-grain porcelain
Origin	Quarried in Guizhou, cut and polished	Fired clay body with a printed face
The figure	Unique to the block	Repeats across the floor
Water	Absorbs slightly, and is sealed	Does not absorb
Acid	Etches	Safe
Edge	Sawn or profiled, and it is the cost	Moulded
The argument for it	The figure is the point	It is cheaper and it is easier to live with

Why

What these figures are, and what they are not

We supply the marble. This page is not a comparison of our product against another supplier’s, and we do not publish figures for anybody else’s material.

The figures, and where each one comes from

Why it behaves the way it does

What these figures are, and what they are not

If you are specifying this

The figures

Why

What these figures are, and what they are not

Where this applies on this site