Old Quarter Coffee Merchants is a specialty coffee company with a difference: it roasts only Asian-origin green beans, sourced direct from farmers across Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, India and southern China. The Murwillumbah cafe on Murwillumbah Street is one of its shopfronts, pouring single-origin coffees and house blends such as Village Blend, Cloud Nine and First Light, brewed fresh for locals and rail-trail visitors alike.
The wider business is built on direct, ethical sourcing, with farmers setting their own prices and proceeds funding community projects in growing regions through the company's Optimism Exchange program. Alongside coffee by the cup, the team sells whole beans, brew gear, subscriptions and gift vouchers, so you can take the same Asian-origin beans home.
An early morning coffee with a genuinely different bean, and picking up single-origin Asian-grown beans or brew gear to take home.