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“Hey guys, I’ve got a bean that I bet will catch your attention!” our friend Jason Joffe, a passionate green bean buyer,  excitedly announces on the phone. When he adds that it’s from Asia’s youngest country still off-the-beaten-track amongst origins, East Timor, we are all ears. But this is all about to change as more [...] Continue Reading

My trip to Timor was planned as a follow up to check the progress of the first harvest under new development lines. I set off with excited apprehension as the Timor plans had only just unfolded a week prior, although many years in the making. This being my first origin trip working for MTC Sucafina, [...] Continue Reading

All adventurous souls, the next bean addition to our menu is for you. When we first cupped the sample from East Timor, our coffee heads were buzzing with curiosity about what this relatively new player had to offer. Many slurps later… did the Timor coffee stand the test alongside the bigger players like Ethiopia or [...] Continue Reading

Like many Australians, we have been brought up on the taste of Papua New Guinea coffee. The isolated tropical island located just a few hours by air from the mainland has always been one of the closest and more practical sources of beans for roasters. In 2011, we set out to develop a perfectly balanced [...] Continue Reading

Coffee and desserts are a perfect match to treat yourself. Claire Stuart, baker and owner of Baked Desserts, has built her successful business around the philosophy: Use high quality ingredients only, always look for new delicious flavours. Claire and her husband Malac recently moved their location from Noosa to a Kawana Shoppingworld. Always wanting to [...] Continue Reading