Our News
Becoming a Green Ocean Volunteer!
Why? If you’re looking to get more involved in fighting climate change, using nature based solutions to enhance biodiversity, sequester carbon dioxide and reduce the impact of coastal erosion? Then you’ve come to the right place! Our oysters are 'mini engineers' that...
Dublin Bay Oyster Reseeding Project – Phase 1- Completed!
We are thrilled to announce that we have completed the first phase of our project to re-introduce the native Irish oyster back into Dublin Bay after an absence of almost 200 years. On Monday 20 November we placed just under 600 oysters into ‘Oyster Garden’ baskets in...
Gold, Silver and Bronze wins in this year’s Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards for Watermark Coffee.
Watermark Coffee win a Gold, Silver and Bronze place in this year’s Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards. Blas na hEireann is often described as the Oscars for the Irish Food Industry and included over 3000 submissions from a wide range of artisanal and specialist food...
Carrickwee Blend
Our Green Ocean Carrickwee Coffee delivers a deep milk chocolate flavour with hints of citrus with a smooth finish. It is simply a wonderful coffee that has wide appeal. Since it's introduction to our range over the last couple of months, Carrickwee has become one of...
Oysters – A keystone species for marine biodiversity
Why focus on Oyster reseeding? Oysters are often described as the 'kidneys of the sea' in the sense that they filter water of algae, plankton and nutrients making sea water clearer and cleaner. But I think that this description understates the importance of oysters...
What is speciality coffee?
Green Ocean Coffee uses only arabica coffee that is certified by the SCA (Speciality Coffee Association) as of ‘Speciality Grade’. Speciality Grade is the status given to the best of the best Arabica. If the coffee scores 80 or higher on the Speciality Grade Scale then it qualifies as speciality grade.
Inishgowla Coffee: An Insight into Origin
Our Inishgowla coffee includes two wonderful coffees sourced directly from the Mutwiri coffee farm in Kenya and the Tres Porteiras Farm from the South Minas area of Brazil. Insight into the Mutwiri Coffee Farm, Kenya. Charles Mutwiri is the owner and driving force...
The motivation behind Green Ocean Coffee
At Watermark, we are committed to running our business in a way that minimises our environmental impact. As a person who has always been deeply interested in the natural world, I feel that our business has an opportunity to do more than just minimise our environmental...
Dorinish Single Origin
Our Dorinish Coffee blend is a single origin speciality coffee grown on the slopes of Mount Elgon at an altitude of 1900 masl (metres above sea level) in Kenya close to the border with Uganda. This coffee growing region has been steadily developing with higher yields...
The Initial Restoration Phase
On a beautiful clear July morning we met up with Michael Mulloy and Alex Blackwell of Clew Bay Oyster Co-op to film the initial phase of our seabed restoration project. The location selected was on the main sea route to Westport located east of Dorinish and North of...