Cup of Excellence: Its Importance and Relationship with Mercanta

Venture to Mexico to visit Finca Nueva Esperanza to understand how COVID-19 has impacted the availability of workers.

Read over Mercanta's Review for the month of April. (Photo: Coffee Blossom, Gichugu Factory, Kenya)

To celebrate Earth Day - Mercanta takes an inside look at the carbon-neutral Aquiares Estate, one of our producers in Costa Rica making a difference for the surrounding ecosystems and the future of coffee.

An insider look into the global trade system and the unknown delays and disruptions affecting coffee.

North America's Michaela Tomchek visits Victor Calderon in Palencia, Guatemala to explore Finca El Tambor.

Read over Mercanta's Review for the month of March.

Look back over the past 25 years to see how Mercanta has impacted the coffee industry.

Do you know where your coffee comes from? Learn about the region on the globe that is ideal for coffee production.

Mercanta will be conducting a monthly report of any trade updates and global coffee news that we would like to spread to our wonderful partners and clients.  Please read the update for February below from our founder, Stephen Hurst: As February came to a close, we at Mercanta felt as if a light shone brightly

With the new season of Guatemala arrivals just around the corner, Michaela from Mercanta North America reflects on her recent visit to long time Mercanta partner, Finca Santa Isabel.

Dear Mercanta Customers, Firstly, we would like to thank you for your loyalty and perseverance over the past 12 months. Without doubt this has been the toughest year on record for Mercanta, yourselves, and the coffee industry as a whole. Despite all, we can take solace in the fact that our industry has proven to

The 2020 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide is now Live! Designed by Professor Peter W Roberts and his team at Emory University, the guide aims to help separate the specialty market from C-market commodity pricing; highlighting market trends in the speciality coffee sector. We’re proud to be one of this years 81 supporters, as well as

2020 will never be forgotten for the challenges that society faced, also individuals and the specialty coffee business that provides a living for so many. I suppose people had become accustomed to hearing of challenges, natural disasters, and humanitarian problems in coffee-producing countries. But without doubt, every corner of the globe has been affected by

Have you ever used bottled water for brewing your morning cuppa? Although often underestimated, you could argue that water for coffee is at least as important, if not more important, then regularly debated brewing factors such as grind size or brew ratios. Without going into too much detail for the science aspect, coffee tastes best

There are not any naturally caffeine-free coffee trees that are currently being grown commercially, so a number of methods have been established to achieve this. We have discussed some of the more well-known methods, explaining in detail how the processes work.

Last year in 2019, we found something special. A nano-lot from the beautiful Finca Guadalupe Zaju… The ‘secret ingredient’; wood!

The Coffee Berry Borer or Coffee Borer Beetle (CBB) is an insect found around the world and prevalent in most coffee producing countries. It is among the most harmful pests to commercial coffee plantations and can attack 50-100% of berries on a farm if no control measures are applied. Description The CBB belongs to the

Extraction is one of the most important aspects to creating the perfect cup, but still under research in the world of coffee. Without extraction, we would not have the morning cup of coffee that we all know and love, we would end up with a cup of water, with ground beans floating around it.   This

The Outbreak of COVID-19 Over the past few weeks, the Conservative Government has enforced unforeseen measures comparable to those imposed during World War II. Boris in place of Winston, and COVID-19 in place of Fascism. Admirable and amiable leaders in their own special way, both of whom were, and are, faced with diseases that threaten