MICE is almost upon us so we thought we’d do a little write up on the event and give you a little insight into what our plans are for the event. Melbourne sees the WBC go down under for the first time. Since the first World Barista Championships in 2000, [...]

There is a quiet revolution taking place in the world of Speciality Coffee. The internet has connected coffee farmers in producing countries with coffee roasters in the consuming countries. The result is the emergence of high quality coffee in a wide variety of unique highly complex flavours. These traceable “estate” [...]

The London Coffee Festival will be held from 25-28 April 2013 at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. This is the flagship event of UK Coffee Week and celebrates London’s bustling and vibrant coffee scene. With over 15,000 coffee lovers and foodies, professional baristas, coffee shop owners and top [...]

The Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine will bring some of the world’s best known chefs, critics, commentators, kitchen gardeners, foragers and wine experts to East Cork. The festival will be held at Ballymaloe House and Ballymaloe Cookery School. In addition to the usual festival activities (readings, talks, panel [...]

Marco has been a fan of undercounter technology for years stretching from our Oceanic range right through to our Uberboiler, Ecoboiler and Ecosmart undercounter ranges. The space saving potential opens up a wave of new possibilities as it frees up counter space to do more and we’re always interested in [...]

This years Irish Aeropress Championship is happening at Roasted Brown Thursday the 11th of April 2013 and the winner will be flown to Melbourne to represent Ireland at the World Aeropress Championships in May.  Details below: Maximum of 18 competitors. Entry fee is €20 payable in advance (send cheques made [...]

Hi folks, Marco is sponsoring and supporting the SCAA lobby brew bar this year in association with La Marzocco USA and Kalita USA. The brew bar is in the north lobby of the SCAA exhibition hall, where attendees of both the SCAA Expo and the USBC register, pick up badges, [...]

We are looking forward to hosting SCAE coffee diploma module Sensory Level 1, on the 22nd of March in Marco, 74 Heather Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18. If you are a barista or barista trainer wishing to understand deeper what you serve, this is for you. If you’re a roaster or [...]

Hello all. After a hectic week in the RDS it’s all over. CATEX 2013 has breezed through and left us in it’s wake. From Marco’s viewpoint it was an unqualified success. We had a very nice stand… We launched the BRU… We made good coffee (With help from Square Mile [...]

Hello all. We thought it might be an idea to have a little ramble about CATEX and what we’ll be doing there. So first up, here’s a bit from the press pack that details what CATEX is: “CATEX has evolved as an event to showcase not just catering equipment but to showcase [...]