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Mercanta The Coffee Hunters - Importers Of Fine Coffee

Mercanta The Coffee Hunters was founded in 1996 by Stephen Hurst, who was joined in 1997 by Flori Marin, his business partner. Unlike most coffee importers in Europe, Mercanta The Coffee Hunters was established uniquely to supply fine coffees to Specialty Coffee roasters.

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Specialty Coffee

Specialty Coffee is all about quality, variety, provenance, relationships with the growers and quite simply knowing your product inside out.

We manage the bean from the tree to the cup!

Mercanta employs some of the world’s best coffee cuppers (tasters). Coffee is what we do day in day out. Our alliance with the London School of Coffee allows us to teach and train more people to appreciate the spectacular variety of tastes and flavours in this specialist beverage category.

Whether you are a large roaster seeking to source a new product for a Specialty line or a micro roaster seeking only a few bags of the finest beans, you can rely on The Coffee Hunters.

Join the growing ranks of our roaster customers in more than 20 countries who enjoy our unique brand of personal and professional service with guaranteed traceability and quality of coffee. Take a good look through the site and contact The Coffee Hunters for your coffee needs. We look forward to hearing from you.

Stephen Hurst speaking at The Nordic Barista Cup, Copenhagen 2006

Mercanta Cupping Day in The Wall Street Journal

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Mercanta Summer Cupping Day 1st July 2009 ... full story >>

Mercanta Summer Cupping Day 19th June 2009 ... full story >>

Mercanta Spring Cupping Day April 2009 - View Cupping Notes ... full story >>

Field Trip to the Dominican Republic (Apr 2009)... ... full story >>

Colombia COE 2009 (March 2009) ... full story >>

'The Australian' showcases Cup of Excellence in the land 'down under' (Mar 05)... ... full story >>

'Financial Times' explores ethics and quality (Feb 27)... ... full story >>

Mercanta/LSC take baristas to Nicaragua (Feb 16)... ... full story >>

Flori and José report from Huila, Colombia (Dec 01) ... full story >>

Interview with Henrique of Camocim Biodynamic (Sep 12) ... full story >>

Interview with Unnamalai of Balmaadi Biodynamic (Sep 12) ... full story >>

What is biodynamic agriculture? (Sep 12) ... full story >>
 
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