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

New coffee hunter!

Mercanta is pleased to announce that we have added another coffee hunter to the team. Katherine Calder joined us at the beginning of March to handle our media and grower/customer relations.

SCAE Guest Blog II
Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ynse/">Ynse </a>

Last month my friend Hugh Gilmartin asked me to contribute a guest blog to the SCAE website. I know all of you were hoping for someone other than me to write the next one - but I am back by unpopular demand!

World Coffee Congress, Guatemala City (26-28 February 2010)

Flori, Christian and Stephen recently took Mercanta to the third International World Coffee Congress, a three day event in Guatemala City where we decided to run an exhibition booth.

Coffee Hunting in the Dark Continent
'Coffee' getting ready for her evening walk at Blackburn Estate

I’d been wanting to visit East Africa again for the past 6 years(!) so when the chance of some farms visits came up around the EAFCA conference, I was all set…!

Invitation Cupping Day - Friday 5th Feb 2010
Cupping Day Jan 05 2010

Last Friday 5th February the 2010 Coffee Hunter Cupping Invitational series kicked off and what an event we had! We had the pleasure to enjoy the company of excellent roasters and coffee professionals from Japan, US, Holland, Belgium and the UK who made a great effort to come and spend a day with us.

We really appreciate the time taken t...

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
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
02 December 2009
Latest Cupping Score

Latest Arrivals

Finca El Triangulo Micro Lot
Pulped Natural
Catucaí
Finca El Triangulo
Guatemala
North American
Carmo Estate Micro Lot
Pulped Natural and dried on patio
Bourbon
Carmo Estate
Brazil
European
North American
Fazenda Monte Alegre 100% Bourbon...
Pulped Natural
Bourbon
Fazenda Monte Alegre
Brazil
North American
Finca Irupana
Fully Washed
Finca Irupana
Bolivia
European
Bolivia Cup of Excellence 2009 - Café...
Fully Washed
Caturra
Café Wara Wara III
Bolivia
European
Sumatra Aceh Province - Mountain Water...
Other
Small growers around Takengon (Lake Toba)
Indonesia
BSCA Fazenda Saõ Silvestre
Pulped Natural
Bourbon, Típica, Yellow Icatú
Fazenda Saõ Silvestre
Brazil
European
Makwa Estate
Fully Washed and dried on African beds
K7, SL 28
Makwa Estate
Kenya
European
Gethumbwini Estate AB
Fully Washed and dried on African beds
K7, SL 28, SL 34
Gethumbwini Estate AB
Kenya
European
Musasa Cooperative 100% Red Bourbon
Fully Washed and dried on African beds
Red Bourbon
Musasa Cooperative
Rwanda
European
Monsoon Malabar AA Bibi Plantation
Other
Red Catucaí
Bibi Plantation
India
European
Fazenda Rodomunho
Natural and dried in Mechanical drier (Guardiola)
Acaiá, Catuaí, Icatú, Mundo Novo
Fazenda Rodomunho
Brazil
European
North American

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From Twitter

José has arrived safely in Colombia. Bck nxt week wth new farm info (he left brandishing a vidcam so look out for some videos on our site..) — 1 day 20 hours ago
SCAE Guest Blog II http://tinyurl.com/yelhunp — 3 days 2 hours ago
Coffee Hunting in the Dark Continent http://tinyurl.com/yza4mty — 2 weeks 19 hours ago
Invitation Cupping Day - Friday 5th Feb 2010 http://tinyurl.com/yce2gby — 4 weeks 1 day ago
SCAE Guest Blog http://tinyurl.com/ychkkkn — 5 weeks 3 days ago

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