Events

Updates From The Road: Rwanda 2024

Spending time with our friends at Buf Coffee and the Dukunde Kawa and Maraba cooperatives is something we look forward to during every annual Rwandan sourcing trip. Here, we share insights and updates from the trip, including an overview of the 2024 season and what to expect for our incoming line up!

Unpacking Agricafe’s Processing Practices

Bolivia is one of our favourite countries to source coffee from, and one we have proudly represented since the early days of MCM. For over a decade, we’ve worked closely with the Rodríguez family of Agricafe Bolivia to create and build a market for Bolivian coffees in Australia, and every time we visit them we are inspired by their forward-thinking practices.

Thank You for Supporting Strong Women!

We did it — We collectively raised over $34,000 AUD for the construction of a childcare centre in Rwanda’s Northern Province!

Meet Faysel Abdosh Yonis

Testi Specialty Coffee have supplied us with delicious and distinct lots from their washing stations and processing sites, located across the country’s many growing regions. We adore working with Testi, who share a quality focused approach and commitment to supporting and resourcing the farming communities who grow the coffees we love so much.

Spotlight On: Chapada Diamantina

This week, we’re excited to release the video recording of our dear friends and Brazilian supply partners Silvio Leite and Fabiano Borré’s presentation in Melbourne — and to celebrate, we’re shining a spotlight on the exceptional offerings we source with Silvio and Fabiano’s help.

The Big Kenyan Coffee Shake-Up: Part Two

The Kenyan government’s sweeping reforms to the country’s coffee sector in 2023 have disrupted the supply chain and changed the way many key players are operating. For specialty buyers like MCM, this meant heading back to the drawing board to strategise and adapt our purchasing within the new model.

The Big Kenyan Coffee Shake-Up: Part One

Many long-time buyers of Melbourne Coffee Merchants’ Kenyan offerings will have noticed our line up looking a little different this year. The reason? Months after announcing the coffee sector needed to change, the Kenyan government introduced sweeping reforms to the trade model in late 2023, requiring a shift in how we buy coffee and the lots we were able to secure from the 23/24 season.

Meet Wycliffe

Wycliffe Murwayi is the former Managing Director for Kahawa Bora Mill (KBM) and long-time friend of Melbourne Coffee Merchants.