Mercanta The Coffee Hunters

Specialty Coffee Merchants

Mercanta The Coffee Hunters was founded in 1996. We source an extensive and varied selection of fine green coffees from producers in almost 20 countries for delivery to specialty roasters in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Latest Articles

SCAE Guest Blog

My friend, Hugh Gilmartin, asked me to put some thoughts down for an SCAE Guest Blog - maybe a trademark rant, maybe some top down view of the specialty coffee business, maybe a wide angle perspective, maybe some punditry for the World Cup this Summer? What could I write...?

Barista Magazine's Sarah Allen blogs on the NBC field trip

This year, Mercanta and specialty coffee exporter Café Noble are sponsoring the Field Trip for the winning team at the recent Nordic Barista Cup which took place in Iceland in September 2009.

Happy New Year 2010!

Following a lot of work and dedication, we’re ready to ‘announce’ the re-launch of the Coffeehunter website which has been re-created to serve as a news and information resource for our customers and as a shop window for our company. We hope you’ll enjoy exploring the new website.

Mercanta makes donation to WWF this Christmas

At Mercanta, we stopped felling and pulping trees to make Christmas cards years ago! Not that we don’t enjoy receiving cards, of course…but we just felt the money would have a more lasting impact if we set aside what we’d spend on cards and stamps and instead sent the money to a worthy and deserving charity.

Nordic Barista Cup 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 pract...

Latest Cupping Scores

Finca Santa Maura 100% Maracatú
22 January 2010
Latest Cupping Score
Cafetalera Herbazú
22 January 2010
Latest Cupping Score
Poços de Caldas natural Screen 17/18
12 January 2010
Fazenda Rodomunho natural
12 January 2010
Latest Cupping Score
Aceh Tengah Organic
08 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score
Finca Puerta Verde (Antigua)
02 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score
Finca La Ilusión 100% Bourbon
02 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score
Finca Alaska 100% Bourbon
02 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score
Fazenda Rodomunho natural
02 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score

Latest Arrivals

Gethumbwini Estate AB
Fully Washed and dried on African beds
K7, SL 28, SL 34
Gethumbwini Estate AB
Kenya
European
Semeru Estate
Fully Washed and dried on patio
N/A
Semeru Estate
Indonesia
European
Musasa Cooperative 100% Red Bourbon
Fully Washed and dried on African beds
Red Bourbon
Musasa Cooperative
Rwanda
European
Fazenda Rodomunho natural
Natural and dried in Mechanical drier (Guardiola)
Acaiá, Catuaí, Icatú, Mundo Novo
Fazenda Rodomunho
Brazil
North American
Ipanema Gourmet pulped natural
Pulped Natural
Various
Fazendas Capoeirinha, Conquista and Rio Verde
Brazil
European
Fazenda Samambaia 100% Mondo Novo...
Pulped Natural and dried on patio
Mundo Novo
Fazenda Samambaia
Brazil
European
Fazenda Samambaia 100% Yellow Bourbon...
Pulped Natural and dried on patio
Yellow Bourbon
Fazenda Samambaia
Brazil
European
Fazenda Cachoeira da Grama 100%...
Pulped Natural and dried on screens
Fazenda Cachoeira da Grama
Brazil
North American
Tinganga Estate AA
Fully Washed
Blue Mountain, French Mission, K7, SL 28, SL 34
Tinganga Estate
Kenya
European
Guatemala Finca San Francisco...
Fully Washed and dried on patio
Bourbon, Catuaí
Finca San Francisco Tecuamburro
Guatemala
European
Nossa Senhora de Fátima natural Organic
Natural
Bourbon, Catucaí, Icatú Precoce, Mundo Novo
Fazenda Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Brazil
European
North American
Poços de Caldas natural Screen 17/18
Natural
Various
Various
Brazil
European
North American

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SCAE Guest Blog http://tinyurl.com/ychkkkn — 1 week 16 hours ago
Barista Magazine's Sarah Allen blogs on the NBC field trip http://tinyurl.com/yaccmuv — 3 weeks 3 days ago
Happy New Year 2010! http://tinyurl.com/ycd6r6p — 5 weeks 10 hours ago
Mercanta donates to WWF in place of sending out christmas cards http://tinyurl.com/y9wfluu — 6 weeks 5 days ago
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) http://tinyurl.com/ybc2xrl — 6 weeks 6 days ago

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