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Join Royal Coffee for a Trip to Costa Rica
Royal Coffee Costa Rica Origin Trip 2019 March 3rd - 8th, 2019 This trip will be led by Royal team members Alex Mason and Laurel Wirth in partnership with our host E&H Sucafe. Join us in Costa Rica for an unforgettable coffee experience. Our trip will take place in the dry warm season, which...
Imagine: A Trip to Burundi and Rwanda
Imagine. Two countries ravaged for generations with the threat of violence and disorder, where even neighbors may have had long histories fraught with conflict. First under German colonists, then under the Belgian colonial regime, those who had been neighbors for generations were played against...
A Roaster’s Guide to Understanding Coffee Plant Types
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Daily Coffee News on December 12, 2018. It is reprinted here with permission. A Roaster’s Guide to Understanding Coffee Plant Types Coffea arabica has evolved dramatically over the course of history, rising from humble under-canopy trees growing wild...
Winter Warmers: Single Origin Substitutions & Blending Alternatives for the Cold Season
Winter is probably best time to drink coffee. Its warmth provides an extra measure of comfort and supplies the energy required to climb out from under the covers on a cold, dark morning. Yet winter arrivals are frequently overlooked in favor of their flashier summer counterparts—it’s admittedly...
Producer Interview: Armando de Araujo from Cafe Brisa Serena Timor-Leste
Tell us the story of Peace Winds Japan and Café Brisa Serena Timor-Leste. When did your work together start? Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) is a Non-Profit Organization which has experience in emergency aid in more than 20 countries since its establishment in 1996. PWJ started an emergency aid program in...
Roasting Coffee for Competitions
Roasting coffee influences flavor, but it is not the final step in the process. Unless you are roasting your own competition coffee, roasting for a barista or brewer competitor is a similar process to roasting for any other customer. Once a competitor chooses a coffee, they will need the roasted...
Holiday Coffee Selections!
If you are still shopping around for an amazing competition coffee or a unique holiday offering, there are several coffees on our Crown Jewel menu that fit the bill. As the team prepares to go to Denver for the US Coffee Champs qualifying events, I have selected some of my favorite coffees to brew...
The Problem with Plastic
The Problem with Plastic (and single use cups) Part I: Our Plastic Reality I am lucky enough to know some real, sweat-and-blood environmental activists, or environmental warriors. These are people who live zero-waste and plastic-free lifestyles, who organize beach clean-ups, protest for water...
An Update on the C Market and Global Production Forecasts
C Market Update - November 19, 2018 After a summer of undeterred collapse reaching just below the $1 mark, the C market spent October rebuilding its configuration with a sharp recovery to $1.2920. Despite our best wishes for the futures benchmark’s health, there is little change in the underlying...
2018 – 2019 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule
Dear Royal Customer, The 2017-2018 Holidays are in full swing! Do you have your beans for the busy season yet? To help plan ahead, our awesome outbound team has organized a list of important closure dates for our U.S. warehouses and most popular carriers for your immediate reference down below....
Holding our Breath for the 2019 Catracha Harvest
November has arrived and that means we are finally entering the cold dry season here in Santa Elena. While many parts of Honduras are gearing up for the harvest, we are still a solid two months away from our first pick, which generally starts in the first weeks of January. Meanwhile, we wait,...
Ethiopia Origin Trip 2018
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Current Offerings: Focus on Women Producers
Editor's Note: Since we published this article about two years ago, demand for coffee grown by women producers has grown tremendously. We're so very honored to work with these incredible women. I want to use this space to highlight Royal's current offerings from women producers. Now more than...
Coffee Drinks from Around the World: Getting to the Root of Chicory
Editors note: A version of this article first appeared as a two-part series in Barista Magazine Online on September 15 and September 18, 2018. By Sandra Elisa Loofbourow Lately, I’ve been writing about how people dress up their coffee in various parts of the world, as well as how people consumed...
More from ASIC Portland on the Cutting Edge of Coffee Science
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Daily Coffee News on October 10, 2018; it is reprinted here with permission. Following a dizzying week of coffee science learning in mid-September at the Association for Science and Information on Coffee (ASIC) biennial symposium in Portland, Oregon, I...