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    Coffee News
    Isabella Vitaliano

    Ethiopia Green Coffee Export Review

    Ethiopia remains coffeeโ€™s genetic homeland and one of its most iconic origins, prized for bright, juicy cups with dazzling clarity. With a record 11.56 million bags produced in 2025/26 and exports moving primarily through Djiboutiโ€™s port, the countryโ€™s smallholder-and-cooperative model...

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  • uganda green coffee
    Coffee News
    Isabella Vitaliano

    Uganda Green Coffee Export Review

    Uganda ranks among the worldโ€™s top 10 coffee producers, with Robusta making up roughly 80% of its output and Arabica the rest. As a landlocked country routing exports through Kenyaโ€™s port of Mombasa, Uganda has long been known for heavy-bodied, chocolate-forward cups but a new wave of specialty lots is revealing floral, tea-like, and fruit-forward profiles rarely associated with the origin.

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  • Brazil Mogiana FAF Bobolink Pirapitinga Natural Yellow Catuaiback
    Coffee News
    Royal Coffee

    Brazil: Why It's Worth Booking Before September

    New crop Brazils wonโ€™t land until October or November, thatโ€™s just the harvest calendar. But spot availability on Brazil macrolots has tightened this summer, and roasters waiting until fall are finding a thinner market. Hereโ€™s why itโ€™s worth booking your coverage now
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  • Costa Rica Santa Maria De Dota AA EP2
    Coffee News
    Isabella Vitaliano

    Costa Rica Green Coffee Export Review

    Well known for organic coffee production, eco-tourism, and modern processing culture dominated by top quality honeys and naturals, Costa Rica contributes a little over a million 60kg bags annually to the worldโ€™s volume of coffee, making up less than 1%...

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  • The Tasting Room at The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room
    Coffee News
    Chris Kornman

    Whyย Weโ€™reย Temporarily Reducing Our Coffee Drink Pricesย 

    Weโ€™veย longย maintainedย that tariffsย were not just a tax on U.S. businesses, but on the American people.ย Weโ€™reย finding creative ways to try and pay back that debt to our customers at The Crown. What?ย ย  Starting onย July 1, 2026, weโ€™ll be reducing our menu prices by 25 cents on every coffee drink forย 60 days.ย  Why?ย  Weโ€™reย passing the refund for the [โ€ฆ]
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  • Yemen Mocca Sharqi Haraz Natural Anaerobic2
    Coffee News
    Isabella Vitaliano

    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. Hereโ€™s a look at Yemenโ€™s growing regions, cultivars, and why Royalโ€™s airfreighted selections are worth the wait.
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