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Posted on April 20 2010
April 20 2010
London’s great coffee moment has come, writes food critic and coffee writer, Daniel Young, in his most recent ‘Young and Foodish’ blog. Read Daniel’s analysis of the “coffee buzz” currently being felt in London here. And don’t forget to listen to BBC Radio 4’s excellent programme on coffee before Sunday (25 April) – to listen
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 July 5 2009
July 5 2009
At this time of year (northern summer, southern winter), no trip to Brazil is complete without mention of the weather cropping up in every conversation and this visit was no exception… I was going to visit my farm near Poços de Caldas, and also catch up with many of the good friends that I have
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
Posted on November 7 2008
November 7 2008
We arrived in Colombia on Thursday 20th November as part of our annual pre-crop visit with two main objectives: to cup the new season (2009 crop) and to catch up with our friends from Agua Azul (GAQ) in the town of Pitalito in the Departament of Huila. We flew from Bogota to Neiva – the
Posted on May 12 2008
May 12 2008
I was fortunate enough to secure a place on this year’s El Salvador Cup of Excellence international jury. The hard work had already been done by the national cuppers whittling down all entries to a shortlist of 60 coffees representing the pick of this year’s crop. By the end of a week’s intensive cupping, the
Posted on October 25 2007
October 25 2007
I originally visited Sumatra for the first time in Aug 2004, just 4 months before the devastating tsunami hit Aceh. Although the upland coffee areas were not at all affected directly by this disaster, the country as a whole suffered considerably. Strangely enough, the tsunami may have jump started the peace negotiations to end the
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