A marketplace built at the source, not above it.
Origin-verified. Sensory-graded. Ready to trade. Every lot listed here has already passed physical inspection, cupping, and certification review before it reaches a buyer's desk.
Scale and depth are structural, not aspirational.
The name draws from Addis Merkato — the largest open-air market in Africa. A place where sourcing operates at continental scale through direct producer relationships, not through aggregator layers.
That model is the architecture of this platform. Direct origin relationships mean lot-level traceability is possible at volume. When a buyer requests fermentation data or altitude provenance, we have it — because we were there.
Quality control happens before listing, not after.
Every lot undergoes sensory analysis, moisture measurement, and defect-count grading at origin. Certification status is verified against issuing body records before a single SKU appears in the catalog.
Sensory Analysis
Fermentation and Processing Verification
Certification Audit
Natural, washed, and honey processing methods documented with fermentation duration and moisture at export. Green beans are not interchangeable — that distinction is recorded in every lot file.
Organic, Rainforest Alliance, and fair-trade certificates cross-referenced against issuing body databases. Certification status on each listing reflects current, verified standing — not self-declaration.
Cupping scores assigned per SCA protocol. Flavor, acidity, body, and finish logged against single-origin lot records. Scores are published as tradeable metadata, not marketing copy.
You need to know what you are buying before you commit volume.
The catalog makes that visible. Every listed lot carries origin coordinates, processing data, cupping scores, and verified certification status — the specification set a sourcing manager needs to price a premium lot with confidence.