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Posted on July 15 2022
July 15 2022
Delve into Amatitlan as Sam, US Lab Manager, takes us on an adventure through Finca El Bosque, Guatemala.
Posted on June 28 2022
June 28 2022
Over the past 18 months, our partners at Origin have supported us in tagging thousands of individual coffee sacks and boxes with QR codes. Scanning one of these codes reveals more information about that coffee’s journey than one could ever imagine.
Posted on April 6 2021
April 6 2021
North America's Michaela Tomchek visits Victor Calderon in Palencia, Guatemala to explore Finca El Tambor.
Posted on March 2 2021
March 2 2021
With the new season of Guatemala arrivals just around the corner, Michaela from Mercanta North America reflects on her recent visit to long time Mercanta partner, Finca Santa Isabel.
Posted on January 18 2021
January 18 2021
The 2020 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide is now Live! Designed by Professor Peter W Roberts and his team at Emory University, the guide aims to help separate the specialty market from C-market commodity pricing; highlighting market trends in the speciality coffee sector. We’re proud to be one of this years 81 supporters, as well as
Posted on February 17 2020
February 17 2020
We arrived in Kenya like previous years anticipating not only the amazing coffees we would cup, the farmers we would meet some old friends, new ones and of course the animals we would encounter. Exotic beautiful Kenya did not disappoint.
Posted on December 12 2019
December 12 2019
Stephen Cornford has just returned from his brief but insightful week long trip to East Africa; specifically Tanzania and Uganda, where he visited some of our export partners in the region. Read all about Stephen’s experience here.
Posted on August 19 2019
August 19 2019
Juan, our Colombia Coffee Hunter, traveled for the first time to Planadas to support in the selection of the lots that entered the auction held during the fair. Follow him as he gets from Medellin, where we have our sourcing office, to the last town in the south of Tolima and read about his vicissitudes getting there and about Planadas and Gaitania troubled past and bright present and future.
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