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Posted on September 30 2010
September 30 2010
Our most recent cupping event was a great success. As usual we cupped three tables of coffees: two tables of twelve and one of thirteen. The aim of this autumn’s event was to look at new crop coffees due in later this year – including the latest Brazilians, Indians, Tanzanians, Ethiopians and Indonesians – alongside
Posted on July 23 2010
July 23 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
Posted on March 25 2010
March 25 2010
This year’s Colombia field trip explored uncharted territory. Mercanta are very excited to have finally gained access to Nariño province in Colombia’s far south-west, out of bounds until recently due to security concerns. José made the trip to this very special region at the beginning of March and returned with some great new coffees. Not
Posted on December 18 2009
December 18 2009
The Nordic Barista Cup: The first competition took place in Denmark in 2003 and it’s been going from strength to strength every year since. These annual events bring together baristas and many other specialty coffee professionals in an environment where knowledge can be shared through meeting, learning, seminars…and a lot of very hands-on practical workshops
Posted on November 24 2009
November 24 2009
I have just returned from Brazil where I attended the 10th Brazil Cup of Excellence as one of the international jurors. I am not certain, but it may have also been my 10th Cup of Excellence jury and I must now have participated on 7 or 8 competitions in Brazil, 1 in Nicaragua, and 2
Posted on October 6 2009
October 6 2009
Mercanta has been an exhibitor at the regional Coffee Fest Show in Seattle for the past 3 years. This is a good ‘manageable’ event – about 300 exhibitors and 6000-7000 visitors. For our new North America business it is the ideal opportunity to meet new customers and to keep in contact with existing customers. Seattle
Posted on March 6 2009
March 6 2009
This year’s International Jury competition for the Colombia Cup of Excellence took place in the town of Pereira in the Risaralda region from 9th to 13th of March. In all, 374 lots were submitted in February to the pre-screening process from 12 different regions (Antioquia, Casanare, Cauca, Huila, Meta, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander,
Posted on February 13 2009
February 13 2009
The London School of Coffee and Mercanta were very fortunate to be invited to Nicaragua by our good friend Claudia Castellón on behalf of the Jinotega Coffee Project, which supports small and medium-sized producers from the Apanas Lake in the Jinotega region. Claudia has been involved in the specialty coffee scene for many years, having
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