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Why We’re Temporarily Reducing Our Coffee Drink Prices 
We’ve long maintained that tariffs were not just a tax on U.S. businesses, but on the American people. We’re finding creative ways to try and pay back that debt to our customers at The Crown. What?   Starting on July 1, 2026, we’ll be reducing our menu prices by 25...
Issuing IEEPA Tariff Credits to Our Customers 

CBP has begun returning IEEPA duties on green coffee. Royal Coffee is now issuing IEEPA Tariff Credits to the customers who paid those tariffs.

Yemen Green Coffee Export Review

Yemen is where commercial coffee cultivation began, and where it remains among the rarest and most prized in the world. An arid climate, heirloom varieties, and traditional natural processing produce deeply distinctive cups, while war, water scarcity, and tiny production volumes make every lot hard-won. Here’s a look at Yemen’s growing regions, cultivars, and why Royal’s airfreighted selections are worth the wait.

Tanzania Export Review

Tanzania may be a niche origin, just 0.8% of global production, but it punches well above its weight in the specialty market. From the legacy Bourbons of the Northern Highlands to the peaberry lots that built its US reputation, here’s what buyers should know about Tanzania’s growing regions, cultivars, and 2026 export outlook.

My Visit to Mayan Harvest

My Visit to Mayan Harvest

By Rosi Quiñones Coffee production has a legacy of inequality and abuse, so projects like Mayan Harvest that shake up the legacy power dynamics by rewarding the hard work of small scale farmers and giving women a platform to provide for themselves really excite me. When you empower a woman, you...

How Does a Coffee Become a Crown Jewel?

How Does a Coffee Become a Crown Jewel?

The Crown Jewel program started humbly in August of 2016 with a small suite of coffees we'd grown familiar with and were proud to share, and a small-scale version of our current analysis project. For all the years, the hundreds of coffees and thousands of analysis since then, the most common...

Making Iced Coffee At Home

Making Iced Coffee At Home

Making Iced Coffee At Home By Nate Lumpkin, Crown Barista The good news is that cold coffee is extremely easy to make, even if you have limited tools and equipment. Here are a couple methods you can use to make cheap, delicious, and easy cold coffee at home. FRENCH PRESS Of all the kinds of...