Mon, 23 Aug 2010
We are delighted to have a new Australian customer - Scottie Callaghan, 2010 Australian Barista Champion and World Number Three. We could not ask for a better endorsement of our business!
Coffee Lover
Wed, 18 Aug 2010
Mercanta is proud to be a Gold Member of the World Wide Fund for Nature’s new Business Club – a community of small and medium-sized businesses who are supporting WWF-UK’s urgent work.
Coffee Lover
Tue, 10 Aug 2010
Coffee leaf rust is spreading through farms in southern Colombia, according to local reports. This is worrying news. After frost and drought, leaf rust is Arabica’s greatest threat and can devastate crops if preventative steps are not taken. The situation may be exacerbated by heavy rains caused by the weather pattern known as ‘La Niña’. This could have a negative impact on both the quality and quantity of specialty coffee produced in subsequent years.
Fri, 06 Aug 2010
The commodity price of Arabica coffee hit its highest level since 1998 at the end of last week. Although our business operates largely independently of the commodity market, it is impossible not to feel the effects of such a major development.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010
We’re pleased to report that one of our coffees, the Costa Rican Las Lajas Natural Organic, will be used at the Canadian National Barista Championships.
Coffee Lover
Fri, 23 Jul 2010
We are delighted to report that July’s Invitational Cupping Day was a great success. The aim was to showcase our new crop Central Americans, as well as to see how some existing lots from our inventory are holding up. We also couldn’t pass up the chance to taste some of our most recent African coffees as part of the finale.
Wed, 21 Jul 2010
We recently welcomed two of our long-term origin partners to London. Don Fabio Solís and his wife Doña Sonia, from Finca Las Nubes in Guatemala, joined us for the Caffé Culture show in mid June. This was their first trip to Europe and we seized the opportunity to ask the couple some questions about life on the farm.
Mon, 19 Jul 2010
Mercanta is pleased to welcome a new recruit to our London team. Oliver Brown joined us this summer as chief roaster and head of our cupping laboratory.
Coffee Lover
Thu, 01 Jul 2010
We are pleased to report that Mercanta director, Flori Marin, has been voted onto the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) board of directors.
Coffee Lover
Wed, 30 Jun 2010
This year’s Caffé Culture show was the biggest and best yet. The three day event at London Olympia also played host to the 2010 World Barista Championship, drawing coffee professionals and enthusiasts from across the globe.
Coffee Lover
Thu, 27 May 2010
I feel very fortunate to have been able to be part of this year’s El Salvador Cup of Excellence International Jury and there is only one word to describe this year’s crop in El Salvador - exceptional!
Wed, 05 May 2010
Mercanta has donated two sets of two tickets for the upcoming 2010 World Cup in South Africa to FIFA's charitable Ticket Fund. This initiative will make World Cup matches accessible to thousands of South Africans who could not usually afford a ticket.
Thu, 29 Apr 2010
The 2009 Cup of Excellence report made for interesting reading. Last year Mercanta was officially the biggest single buyer of COE in the world outside Asia. Statistical proof of our commitment to paying a premium for the world’s best coffees!
Wed, 21 Apr 2010
Sergio Barillas, owner of Finca San Francisco Tecuamburro in Guatemala, has just sent us some photos of the farm’s coffee trees in flower.
Tue, 20 Apr 2010
London’s great coffee moment has come, writes food critic and coffee writer, Daniel Young, in his most recent ‘Young and Foodish’ blog.
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