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Kiawamururu Education Fund

Charity fund to assist students in Kenya with school fees.

Our partners in Kenya work with the Kiawamururu Coffee cooperative in the Nyeri County. There are 960 producers associated with the cooperative, a significant portion of which have children in need of schooling. Education is not free in Kenya, and children often drop out of school due to lack of funds. Producers have voiced the economic problems they are facing, and sending their children to school is one of the leading struggles. The Kiawamururu scholarship fund was created by the Factory to assist the families. Mercanta would like to help fund 10-18 students this year, and provide them with the opportunity to have an education. In both the UK and EU warehouses, there are a collection of Kenyan coffees for sale, and with each sale, 50p will be donated per kilogram to the Kiawamururu Fund.

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Coffee Journal

Leah Warren’s Exceptional Time in Peru

Leah Warren, North America's Regional Manager, visits Peru to visit farms and participate in the Cup of Excellence competition.

The Remote Experience: COE Colombia 2022

Join Samantha Sobash-McWilliams (Head of Quality, US) and the US team as they taste the selections during the Colombia Cup of Excellence.

Leaping Through Lintong, Indonesia

Travel with Mercanta's Traceability Manager, Michaela Tomchek, as she traverses through the farms of Lintong, Sumatra.

Brazil Mercanta Extravaganza

Mercanta and a team of seven roasters ventured to Brazil to explore coffee farms. Read on to see where their travels took them.

Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund

Mercanta UK and EU will be donating 50p per kilogram of Kenyan coffee sold to the Kiawamururu Education Fund supporting the schooling of students.

East Java Welcomes Beau for a Picturesque Journey

Mercanta Singapore Beau Badinski's trip log of his beautiful time in East Java with Belift, our exporting partners.

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Jan 26

Posted @withregram • @londonschoolofcoffee 🔥 We had a great week learning to roast with trainer Jamie Banwell from @diedrichroasterseu 🔥

If you missed it, not to stress we have another roast week coming up!

Check out the next roasting dates below 👇

📆 27th Feb SCA Foundation Foundation

📆 28th Feb & 1st March SCA Intermediate Roasting

📆 30th March Introduction to roasting course

For more information ℹ️ visit our website or email info@londonschoolofcoffee.com

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Jan 21

Four years ago ✨🙏 ✨
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Grant was a warm, charismatic, charming person. He was widely loved and respected.

In the capacity as his boss, I lost an intelligent, popular, professional employee with years of experience at the forefront of the specialty coffee industry.

But so much more than that, I lost a treasured friend of 15 years. We grew up together at Mercanta and few could share the DNA of our company like Grant and I.

This noble man will be badly missed, by suppliers and coffee producers across the globe, by clients who trusted his counsel, and by his friends and colleagues at Mercanta.

Our condolences go out to Grants family, partner, and personal friends.

We have lost a Titan, and well before his time

Stephen Hurst
Founder
Mercanta The Coffee Hunters
Specialty Coffee Merchants

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Jan 9

Kenya - Karie AA
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This AA lot was produced by numerous smallholder farmers, all of whom are members of the Rutuma Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) delivering to Karie Coffee Factory (as washing stations/wet mills are called in Kenya). The factory is located near the town of Karatina, in Kenya’s Nyeri County. Rutuma FCS is a relatively new entity. The Rutuma FCS Cooperative Society, was established in 1995 after the split of the Mathira FCS, which itself had 11 wet mills. In 2005, Ruthanga, Tumutumu and Marua farmers’ cooperative societies merged and formed Rutuma Amalgamated FCS Limited which was registered on January 5th, 2005. The various societies joining together already had existing community wet mills, which is how (despite its relatively recent birth) the society currently operates seven wet mills – namely, Ruthagati, Karie, Marua, Ngandu, Githima, Kianjogu and Ndurutu – and boasts an overall annual production of around 330 tonnes of green coffee annually.
Karie has 836 registered members, but like many Kenyan coffee factories, only a portion of them actively deliver coffee in any given year. Currently around 800 members actively bring cherry to be processed. Amongst the members are promoter farmers who are trained to teach small scale farmer members Good Agricultural practices (GAPS). This extension service has an immediately positive impact on coffee quality from the mill, as farmers emerge from trainings with a better understanding of the impact of fertilisation, pruning and quality-driven harvest techniques on the price that their coffee receives at auction and with direct buyers.

Interested in sampling some of our new arrivals?
Contact your account manager!

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Jan 5

“Hope all your birthday wishes come true!”
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Happy Birthday @palmerben9 💫

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Dec 31

Happy New Year ✨

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Dec 31

2022 Recap - Part I ✨
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#happy #happynewyear #2022 #2023
#coffee #specialtycoffee #memories

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Dec 30

Good Morning 💫
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Rose Mary Nyambura, age 15

Her Mother sells coffee to the mill, and has enjoyed going to school thanks to the Scholarship.

#coffeetrader #coffee #coffee
#specialtycoffee #education #educationmatters #fund
#education #world #kenya #sustainability

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Dec 29

Good Morning ☕️

Meet and Greet:
Martin Ngare, age 16.
One of the students of the Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund.

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#education #fundraising #christmas #coffeetrader #coffee #mercanta #kenya #kenyancoffee #africa #african #sustainability #coffeehunter

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Dec 24

💫From the Mercanta Team Worldwide, we would like to wish you a Merry Christimas and Happy New Year. 💫
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#merrychristmas #happy
#coffee #specialtycoffee #london
#dubai #singapore #seattle #glasgow #berlin

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Dec 23

Mercanta Christimas Party 2022 💫
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#christmas #merrychristmas
#newyear #merrychristmas🎄
#london #oxo #londoncoffeescene #2023 #2022

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Dec 23

Patience Wanyaga, age 15.
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Her parents bring coffee to the mill and she loves the taste of coffee, saying “it is sweet”.

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Dec 23

💫 Mary Muthoni, 15 years old.

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Reach out today to see how you can help. We look forward to working with you and funding the future for children in Kenya💫

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Dec 23

Good Morning 💫 Meet Agnes Kairu, 15 years old. One of the Students from the Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund.💫
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Reach out today to see how you can help. We look forward to working with you and funding the future for children in Kenya.

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Dec 20

Posted @withrepost • @coffee.beyond.borders NEW ARRIVAL!

This time there are many choices of high quality green beans from @mercantacoffee which are already available at Coffee Beyond Borders. Now is the time to try and choose your favorite! LIMITED STOCK!

Orders can directly contact us via DM ⚠️

#coffeebeyondborders
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NEW ARRIVAL!

Kali ini ada banyak pilihan green beans berkualitas tinggi dari @mercantacoffee yang sudah hadir di Coffee Beyond Borders. Sekarang waktunya untuk rasakan dan pilih mana yang jadi pilihan favoritmu! PERSEDIAAN TERBATAS!

Pemesanan bisa langsung menghubungi kami melalui sales person pada link di bio ⚠️

#coffeebeyondborders

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Dec 20

Good Morning 💫 Meet Rose Wachira, age 16. 💫One of the students of the Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund.
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Reach out today to see how you can help. we look forward to working with you and funding the future for children in Kenya.

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Dec 19

Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund
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Meet Erastus Mwangi, age 16.

ℹ️ Visit our website

#education #empowerment #kenya #coffee
#mercanta #fundraiser #fundraise #charity
#socialresponsibility #sustainability
#specialtycoffee #student #school #europe #uk

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Dec 16

Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund
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Meet Nancy Wanjiru, age 17.
Her parents and grandparents are coffee producers, and sell their cherries to the factory. She likes the sweet and bitter taste of coffee.

To know more about the Education Fund visit our website.

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Dec 15

Good Morning ☕️

Meet and Greet:
Tom Gikinyo, age 17.
One of the students of the Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund.

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#education #fundraising #christmas #coffeetrader #coffee #mercanta #kenya #kenyancoffee #africa #african #sustainability #coffeehunter

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Dec 14

Kenya Kiawamururu Education Fund
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Our partners in Kenya work with the Kiawamururu Coffee cooperative in the Nyeri County. The Factory itself is located 160 km from Nairobi and 4.5 km from Mukurweini town along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway. There are 960 producers associated with the cooperative, a significant portion of which have children in need of schooling. Education is not free in Kenya, and children often drop out of school due to lack of funds. Producers have voiced the economic problems they are facing, and sending their children to school is one of the leading struggles. Annual tuition per student is roughly kshs 10,000, around 60-70GBP. Thus, the Kiawamururu scholarship fund was created by the Factory to assist the families.

The program began in 2021, with five children. This year, the Factory was able to increase the funding for 12 students. The Factory has reached out to find more donors to assist with the tuition for more students.

Mercanta would like to help fund 10-18 students this year, and provide them with the opportunity to have an education. In both the UK and EU warehouses, there are a collection of Kenyan coffees for sale, and with each sale, 50p will be donated per kilogram to the Kiawamururu Fund.

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Dec 8

Posted @withrepost • @londonschoolofcoffee 🔥 On Monday we had our last roasting course of the year! 🔥

If you missed it not to stress we already have our next roasting course dates in the calendar for next year!

Check out the next roasting dates below 👇

📆 SCA roasting foundation - Monday 23rd of January

📆 Diedrich profiling & Roastery setup - Tuesday 24th - Thursday 26th January

📆 SCA roasting Intermediate- Friday 27th January

For more information ℹ️ visit our website or email info@londonschoolofcoffee.com