White Mantis started as Surge Coffee in 2016 — one of the first specialty roasteries in the UAE. Over the years, we grew, refined our sourcing, deepened our farm relationships, and rebuilt the brand around a single idea: that great coffee deserves to be understood, not just consumed. We are Emirati-owned, Dubai-roasted, and genuinely proud of both.
We think coffee is most interesting at its edges: the moment a process changes how a bean tastes, the decision a farmer makes about when to pick, the seconds between under-roasted and perfect. We're obsessed with those details — not because it makes us precious about it, but because we've seen what happens to the cup when you get them right. Every bean we source, we source for a reason. Every roast profile we build, we can defend. And we share all of it — because transparency is the only honest way to sell coffee.
Quality without shortcuts. Every decision — from the farm we select to the temperature we roast at — is made with the final cup in mind, not the final margin. Transparency at every step. We publish origin details, processing methods, and tasting notes because we believe you should know exactly what you're drinking and where it came from. Partnerships that last. We work with a small number of farms and businesses deeply, not a large number superficially. Our farmers know us. Our café partners know us. That's intentional.
To make White Mantis a name that matters in global specialty coffee — not just regionally. We want to be the roastery that made Dubai a place the coffee world pays attention to. That means keeping our sourcing relationships honest, our roasting disciplined, and our community close. We're not in a rush. We're building something that lasts.
We build your coffee program from scratch — from bean selection to brew recipe to staff training. No template. No generic blend.
We pay above fair trade price, visit our farm partners in person, and only work with growers whose practices we can stand behind publicly.
A decade of roasting means we've made every mistake and fixed it. Our profiles are built on data and refined by taste — obsessively.
We were roasting specialty coffee in Dubai before it was a trend. That early commitment built something you can taste in every bag today.
