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2016-2017 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule
Dear Royal Customer, The 2016-2017 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...
Take the Plunge
This week in global economics, the US dollar finally devalued slightly after rampaging higher in post-election trading as news of reduced unemployment figures and improved economic performance in the US generated renewed confidence in an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Italian voters...
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 light, and the mountain peaks...
Your Thanksgiving Holiday Reader
We at Royal Coffee love writing, tasting, analyzing and sharing coffee information with you, our loyal readers. Since launching this blog in February, we've published over 170 articles - that's a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We know all of you have read each article...twice. But for...
Portland – Crown on the Road
Royal Coffee is proud to announce Crown on the Road featuring two educational seminars at Aspect Coffee Collective, Portland, Oregon We are so thankful to Aspect Coffee Collective to open it's doors and extend an invitation to us and the Oregon coffee community. Join us on Friday December 9th...
UPS Transit Times for Crown Jewels
Scroll over your state for UPS transit times from Oakland, California Orders placed before 4 PM Pacific Time will ship the next business day. Waiting on a Crown Jewel? Please...
Half of the Good Food Awards Finalists Sourced by Royal Coffee, the World’s #1 Ethiopian Coffee Buyer
Two announcements made in the past week carry significant interest for us here at Royal Coffee: the Ethiopian Coffee Exporter's Association annual report, and the Good Food Awards Finalist list. According to ECEA’s official figures, Royal paid the highest average FOB price for Ethiopian coffee...
Coffee that Inspires
At Royal we cup twice every day and we carry just about every kind of specialty coffee out there. I’ve seen it all - so it isn't every day that a coffee really grabs my attention. The coffees that do - are inspiring. I’m sharing a few of these coffees that I’ve enjoyed so much with you. Here are...
An Archipelago of Flavors: Fresh Crop Coffees from the Asia Pacific Region
Many fans of Indonesian coffee revel in the deep and earthy characteristics found in the coffee of the famous production regions of this island nation. Wet hulled Gayo and Lintong coffees from Sumatra are the first that come to mind for most people in the industry when they are seeking out a...
Industry Update: Bird’s Eye View
Industry Update: Bird’s Eye View From where I sit in the Royal offices, I can see maps of several key producing countries, labelled with flowery titles: Colombia, País del Café (Country of Coffee), Guatemala, Tierra de Contrastes (Land of Contrasts), El Salvador, Rincon Mágico (Magic Corner). Much...
What We Learned From This Year’s Catracha Quality Project
We are wrapping up our analysis of the 2016 Catracha Quality Project (CQP). Royal published a lot on this over the last two months, but if you haven’t been following this series, I’d suggest starting here. I’ll summarize a few of our key takeaways below. The team has started focusing on the next...
Reconsidering How We Roast Decaffeinated Coffees
Decaf is often the unfortunate stepchild in any coffee roasting operation. Most roasters offer only one decaf coffee and if there are two, then the other decaf is usually referred to as the organic decaf. Decaf is mistreated at roasting facilities around the world every morning as the first batch...
Green Coffee Analytics Part IV – Density
An undervalued, understudied coefficient in our series about analyzing green coffee (Part I - Moisture and Water Activity, Part II - Screen Size, Part III - Visual Defects) is density. The fact of the matter is that we don’t have a complete understanding of the myriad factors influencing green...
Royal Coffee is Discontinuing the Sale of Methylene Chloride Decaf
Royal Coffee has made the decision to stop trading Methylene Chloride processed decaf. Consumer health issues surrounding MC decaf have been discussed for years, and it is a widely held position that the risks, if any, are minimal or nonexistent. Handling, producing, and transporting MC is...
Decaffeination – Stimulating Discussion About Stimulant-Free Coffee
One of the big pieces of recent news at Royal is that we’ve elected to cease contracting Methylene Chloride decaf. The reasons are nuanced, but a recent conversation with founder Bob Fulmer made it clear to me that the decision was made at least in part in principle. While the impact of Royal...