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Explore 50 lb Royal Gems
The Royal Gem collection is growing! Check the menu for new Fair Trade Organic, decaf, and women-produced lots from some of our longest-term sourcing relationships. The Gem lineup is full of consistent and delicious coffees, now stored in Ecotact bags inside our easy-to-handle 50 lb boxes.
Royal Coffee 22 lb Crown Jewels
Royal Coffee Crown Jewels are super-specialty green coffee microlots in 22 lb boxes, specifically selected to shine on your top-shelf menu. With a focus on coffees of extraordinary quality with traceable sourcing strategies, Crown Jewels highlight the intersection of tradition and innovation, representing some of the most compelling coffees that we’ve encountered from around the world.

SOURCED GLOBALLY
Importing the finest coffees from over 30 countries.

LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS
Independently owned and operated since 1978.

GROW WITH ROYAL
From understanding the coffee market and your company’s usage, to green coffee grading and roasting instruction, we’ve got you covered.

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From logistics to our tasting room, our team is here to help you.
Explore green coffee

About Royal Coffee. Green Coffee Importers Since 1978
You know roasting. We know how to select the perfect green coffee beans. At Royal Coffee, our goal is to make the finest green coffee beans accessible to roasting houses around the world.
With over 30 countries of origin, an extensive network of producing partners, and decades of experience in the roasting community, we’re your one-stop shop for purchasing green coffee, education on roasting and brewing, trading support, and logistics.
Exclusive to Royal Coffee: Discover Grade Zero Ethiopia
The concept of the Grade Zero initiative is to design a near-perfect rendition of top micro-lots from southern Ethiopia, presenting a better-than-Grade-1 result, hence the Grade “Zero”. Once dried and rested, the parchment coffee is treated to extra sorting steps at the dry mill, including additional passes through the optical sorting machine and slower, more meticulous hand-sorting by the mill’s highly skilled team. These extra steps produce an exceptionally clean coffee.
Royal started this program with a single washing station in Gedeb, and small volumes—only about 100 bags. These experimental microlots from a few years ago have grown into a steady, annual grade that we pay a premium for, and whose audience is rapidly growing.
The Royal Blog
The Princess — Assume Nothing!
by Colin Cahill "Assume Nothing!" A mantra for The Crown as we worked towards opening our doors in March of 2019, the phrase became a Menu section, encouraging our visitors to drop their preconceptions and be open to new and delicious experiences. And now it's the...
Full-Pallet Promotion Picks
Editor’s Note: You can view all of Chris’ pallet picks on one page here. If I were running a coffee roasting business and saw Royal’s full pallet promotion, I’d be thrilled. I’d probably then visit Royal’s website only to be completely overwhelmed with the...
A Take on the Fairtrade Price Increase
News has been making the rounds this week of Fairtrade International’s increase to prices paid for coffee, the first such announcement in more than a decade. New pricing takes effect for contracts beginning on August 1, 2023, (it does not impact contracts drawn prior...
What We Offer

About Us
Although we consider ourselves an all-around resource for the coffee industry these days, we got our start by purchasing and selling a single bag of green coffee and connecting producers with roasters is still the heart of our business. Not sure what you need or where to start? Get in touch—we’re always happy to help.

Online Classes
Our hybrid classes cover a range of topics, from green coffee sourcing to roasting and brewing. Each class is taught by an industry expert who brings years of training and on-the-job experience to the table.

Consulting
Take your skills to the next level with one-on-one instruction from a coffee professional. Our consulting services include personal roasting lessons, bar skills, cup quality, sensory skills training, and more.

Tasting Room
If you’re in Oakland, we’d be delighted to have you visit our Tasting Room, where you can experience the full spectrum of specialty coffee. Our tasting room is located in the heart of Uptown, alongside some of the biggest names in the Oakland culinary scene.