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Posted on September 6 2016
September 6 2016
Grant Rattray and Leah Warren visit Papua New Guinea and tell us about their search for quality green coffee in this unique origin.
Posted on September 1 2016
September 1 2016
Mercanta’s Stephen Cornford takes a journey to Peru: 11,265 km long and, 2,500m high.
Posted on September 1 2016
September 1 2016
Friday, August 26, 2016 marked a momentous day for us here at Mercanta. It was the day we bid ‘adieu’ to the inimitable Coffee Hunter, Raphael Prime. The occasion was both sad and happy, admittedly. As of August 29, 2016, Raphael Prime will be joining Dormans Coffee, based in Nairobi, Kenya, in the role of Specialty Coffee
Posted on August 5 2016
August 5 2016
Pedro Echavarria and Leonardo Hennao from Antioquia's Santa Barbara Estate joined us in the UK, visiting friends and talking about FERMENTATION!
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 August 4 2016
August 4 2016
From July 9 – 17, 2016, Mercanta was honoured to be invited to Rwanda by our good friends, RWASHOSCCO, to help them celebrate 10 years of producing specialty coffee. Mercanta’s Raphael Prime and Jamie Marler were joined by our guests, Andrew Tolley of Taylor St., Diana Palmer of Red Roaster, Jorge Alberto from Origin South Africa and Steve Leighton of Has Bean.
Posted on August 2 2016
August 2 2016
Mercanta celebrated our 20th anniversary in style during this year's SCAE World of Coffee show in Dublin.
Posted on July 8 2016
July 8 2016
On May 16-20, Mercanta North America’s John Curry attended the 2016 Guatemala Cup of Excellence (COE) International Jury as an observer. He shares his experiences.
Posted on July 6 2016
July 6 2016
Mercanta's ability to link and create relationships between producers and roasters highlighted and praised by Sustainable Restaurant Association
Posted on June 10 2016
June 10 2016
Mercanta Medellin's Juan Cano recounts his recent visit to the Antioquia's Best Cup prizewinning La Falda del Centro.
Posted on June 6 2016
June 6 2016
On June 3rd, 2016, Norbiton was again visited by prominent speciality coffee roasters from around the UK. Mercanta happily welcomed friends from Clifton Coffee Roasters, Crediton Coffee, Curve Coffee Roasters, Grumpy Mule, Hot Numbers, Modern Standard, Red Roaster & Taylor St. Coffee to cup with us three tables of excellent coffees from origins as diverse
Posted on May 23 2016
May 23 2016
In March of 2016, the Financial Times featured an excellent piece on Stephen Hurst, Founder and Managing Director of Mercanta, Ltd. highlighting his role as a pioneer of specialty coffee in Europe. You can read the post below by clicking on pop-out icon on the embedded PDF below.
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 May 12 2016
May 12 2016
On Friday, 29th of April, Mercanta hosted our second annual Costa Rican Cupping day.
Posted on May 10 2016
May 10 2016
In honour of our 20th anniversary, the African Fine Coffee Association has chosen to highlight Mercanta's ongoing commitment to quality coffee in Africa by publishing a profile piece on our approach to sourcing and client care. The piece will appear in AFCA's April-June 2016 Newsletter.
Posted on February 24 2016
February 24 2016
On March 15, 2016, Mercanta turns 20 years old! All year we will be celebrating with friends from around the globe - old and new!
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 November 11 2014
November 11 2014
We kicked off the week in style with the Taste of the Harvest Event, held on the evening of November 25th, 2014. Hosted by Mercanta, the Embassy of Brazil, the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association, and The Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE), Taste of the Harvest was held the day before the Brazil Early Harvest Cup of Excellence auction and highlighted the top 10 coffees of 2014’s competition.
Posted on July 17 2014
July 17 2014
Welcome to Brazil June / July 2014 OK, the World Cup was on but I did not really notice that too much. Somehow I found myself at England versus Uruguay and England versus Costa Rica matches by coincidence. Joking aside, Brazil as a country did an excellent job with this World Cup despite the reservations,
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