Journal | Melbourne Coffee Merchants

We are proudly B Corp Certified

As part of our deep belief in, and commitment to, responsible and sustainable business practices, we are proud and excited to announce that Melbourne Coffee Merchants is now a certified B Corporation.

How we buy coffee

Melbourne Coffee Merchants believes that everyone in the coffee chain can and should prosper, and that a commitment to paying producers good prices for coffee quality and suitability, regardless of the commodity market fluctuations, is the best way to ensure a sustainable and viable future for coffee farming. We have built our business around these beliefs and stand firmly behind our buying practices.

We support World Coffee Research

World Coffee Research’s mission is to grow, protect, and enhance supplies of quality coffee, while improving the livelihoods of the families who produce it. Learn how you can support their mission and help to ensure there is a sustainable future for coffee.

Ikawa House

Founded by Laetitia Mukandahiro and Uzziel Habimana, Ikawa House are coffee producers, consultants and exporters. As two of Rwanda’s most experienced coffee professionals, Laetitia and Uzziel established Ikawa House with the goal of elevating the quality of the country’s coffee and propelling the local specialty industry forward.

We’re going on tour this spring!

Over the next couple of months, we’re hitting the road to visit partners across Australia. Fresh off our trips to Rwanda, Brazil and Bolivia, we’re back with stories to tell and coffees to cup with you — we’d love to catch up!

Meet Laetitia Mukandahiro

Along with business partner Uzziel Habimana, Laetitia Mukandahiro is the founder of Ikawa House, a Rwandan exporter and consultancy agency pushing the local industry forward while connecting quality-focused international buyers with some truly incredible Rwandan coffees.

Brazil’s coffee harvest is in full swing!

With the peak of Brazil’s harvest upon us, we look at why this year’s conditions have led to a more volatile market and give you an update on how our producing partners are faring. 

It’s time to plan for Bolivia!

In the coming weeks, Beau is headed to Bolivia, where she will spend time with long time partners the Rodríguez family of Agricafe, and will select offerings from the ongoing harvest.