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Posted on August 28 2020
August 28 2020
There are not any naturally caffeine-free coffee trees that are currently being grown commercially, so a number of methods have been established to achieve this. We have discussed some of the more well-known methods, explaining in detail how the processes work.
Posted on July 27 2020
July 27 2020
Last year in 2019, we found something special. A nano-lot from the beautiful Finca Guadalupe Zaju… The ‘secret ingredient’; wood!
Posted on December 18 2019
December 18 2019
2019 marks Mercanta’s first foray into sourcing coffee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Here we were lucky enough to meet Eba & Wally from Societe Matea! Using coffee production to forge a path for economic success and social stability, Eba & Wally, founders of Société Maitea, hope to make a difference to the local community, as well as to demonstrate the quality of DRC (and in particular Kivu province) coffee, to the outside world.
Posted on June 21 2019
June 21 2019
Mercanta UK’s Joe Fisher weighs in. Alongside providing expert product knowledge, a web of strong contacts at origin, and relief from administrative burden, one of the central roles of the coffee importer is to move the risk of green coffee buying away from roasters and onto their own shoulders. A significant chunk of this risk
Posted on August 5 2016
August 5 2016
Grant Rattray updates us on all the Goings On from our offices and warehouse in Singapore.
Posted on May 12 2016
May 12 2016
We are delighted to announce that beginning April 2016, Mercanta has newly introduced Uganda to our list of specialty coffee offerings.
Posted on February 1 2016
February 1 2016
Mercanta kicked off the beginning of 2016 by celebrating with our friends and partners in Colombia! For the month of January, Stephen Hurst and many other Mercanta staff welcomed friends from around the world to Antioquia and Huila to better know this beautiful country that is home to some of the world's finest coffees.
Posted on January 15 2015
January 15 2015
Mercanta is now proud to offer – for the very first time – three unique coffees from Papua New Guinea.
Posted on March 27 2014
March 27 2014
Well ladies and gentlemen, after much excitement at Mercanta HQ, the coffee from our newest origin, East Timor, has finally arrived. Lying almost equidistant between Indonesia and Australia, and cradled by the deep waters of the Banda and Timor seas, the country shares an island with Timor; a separate, and culturally distinct nation. The island
Posted on February 2 2013
February 2 2013
On Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of January we were invited by the Deutsche Roestergilde (German Roaster’s Guild) and Probat to join them at a roasting workshop and sensory exercise that took place at Probat in Emmerich, Germany. We donated four coffees to the event (Brazil Fazenda Passeio Topazio PN, Rwanda Musasa Red Bourbon, Bolivia
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