A Story of Shared Value in Nariño by InConexus, Colombia Video
A Story of Shared Value in Nariño by InConexus, Colombia Video Click here to learn more about Inconexus Fine Coffee Video used with permission from Inconexus Fine...
2021 Green Coffee Staff Picks for Fall & Winter
Editor’s note: A version of this article first ran on the blog in December of 2018. This year, our Sales Associate, Spencer Ford, updated the list and will be updating it throughout the season. Even in the strangest of years in recent memory, there’s at least a...
Coffee Auctions Part 2: The Modern Coffee Auction
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series originally published in Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. It is reprinted here with permission. Part 1 is available on the Royal blog here, and you can visit Part 2 at the feature on their website, or download the...
The Imbalance
Edith Gonzales and Rosi Quiñones from Royal wrote a grant proposal for the Canopy Bridge travel grant offered to help finance sourcing trips for businesses interested in visiting coffee producers. Edith and Rosi’s proposal won funding to pay for airfare for Mayra...
Mejor de Huila
In January, Rosi and I flew to Colombia to attend the Mejor de Huila competition and auction organized by InConexus and Royal Coffee. We met up at the Bogotá airport with our fellow cuppers, an international coterie of coffee professionals from Asia, Europe and the...
Hats off to the Middleman
In the Third Wave coffee market, where the unique qualities of the producer, region, and altitude are popular to tout, the specialty coffee industry has contributed to a romanticized story of how coffee is sourced. The storyline which most consumers understand as...
Origin Trip Invitation: Huila, Colombia – January 2018
Royal Coffee and InConexus Colombia present a cupping of 30 specialty coffees selected from over 200 entries. Royal has been working with Inconexus since 2010 and we have seen them deliver quality improvements and incredible relationships with farmers. See it for...
Into the Mystic: An Origin Report & The Best of Nariño
I know, I’ll buy it and replant the nearly vertical slopes with Caturra, and produce amazing microwave lots, with orange acidity and caramel sweetness. I am slipping into a tranquil, sentimental, 100 Years of Solitude state of mind. There is a magical quality to the... Origin Trip and Auction Invitation: Nariño, Colombia – August 2016
AUGUST 24TH-28TH 2016 Email Mayra Orellana-Powell by August 17th, 2016 to reserve your spot mpowell@royalcoffee.com Royal Coffee is partnering with Inconexus to sponsor a cupping contest and auction in Nariño, Colombia. We expect this event to be a repeat of last...
More Good, Less Bad and Ugly
I managed to do little to no thinking for a solid week— just soaking up the sun, blissfully ignorant to what was happening outside of my visit with family in North Carolina— but the world goes on and the news, it turns out, is unavoidable. First it was more than 250...