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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Sunday came and went in a blur … a great day, Sydney in full winter sunshine.
Two tents housed the two mistrals, a Clover and a cupping area, showcasing the Cup of Excellence winners from this year’s CoE selections and our siphon bar.
We were joined by our comrades from White Horse in Sutherland – Dom, Matt and Brian (thanks guys!), who worked with the Mecca crew serving up Beloya Selection 16 through the Clover and many a Dark Horse espresso. See you again next year!

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Aroma Festival is an annual event held in The Rocks showcasing the best of coffee, chocolate, tea and spice. George St is blocked off and the area is taken over by merchants showing their wares. The Mecca crew will be participating in the Aroma Festival for the first time in 2009.

The Mecca stand will be located in First Fleet Park near the corner of George and Alfred St, Circular Quay. Like other stall holders we will be doing $2 coffees through our Espresso Machines and we will also be offering some wonderful coffees through our newly arrived Clover. Throughout the day we will also be holding cuppings, siphon demonstrations and other educational sessions.

Hope to see you there.

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Our Clover has finally arrived. We are very excited to have yet another way of brewing and experiencing coffee.

Those familiar with the very limited edition Clover will know that it produces a fantastically clean extraction which really showcases the unique characteristics of a coffee.

We will be offering the Ethiopian Beloya, Kenya Gethumbwini Estate and the Rwanda Musasa this week and the new Honduras CoE at King Street soon.

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Last week we picked up 2 lots of Honduras CoE and we are very excited about receiving them with the help from our friends at Don Adan. Gerard is concerned about the coup d’etat that is underway in Honduras, but hopeful it wont affect the export of coffee.

In essence the Cup of Excellence is a program that connects roasters with coffee farmers and gets real money into their pockets as a reward for great coffees. We feel strongly about this movement and will continue to show our support with CoE and other means to ensure that exceptional coffees are sought out and duly rewarded.

Very soon we will be showcasing the work of farmers Otilio Hernández Cáceres from ‘San Jorge’ and Francisco Moran of ‘La Pedrera’ with our customers and look forward to sharing their hard work.



Thursday, May 7th, 2009


thanks em

We finally received our shipment of Beloya after a couple of months of fear and trepidation. It arrived air delivered direct from sunny Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, you know the birthplace of coffee. Quarrantine did quite a number on this probing and poking away, but we’ll just let by gones be by gones. We had cupped this back in March at the exporters labs and this particular lot jumped off the table. So we are proud to be serving this up on the siphon bar and soon to be in our espresso blend. It will be a coffee to be reckoned with…