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Opinion: Are Bees Responsible for Better Quality Coffee?

Foreword by Chris Kornman The story of Alfred Klein and Royal Coffee is a long one, best heard in the words of Don Alfred himself, and that of Royal’s cofounder Bob Fulmer. Bob and I struck up a brief conversation about the coffees and the farm a couple of years ago, which led to, among […]

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    Banana for Scale / Reefer Madness

    A few recent shipments from Mexico brought matters of international shipping to our attention once again, but in a very positive manner. These two shipments in particular came in tasting absolutely fabulous.                 So, how come these coffees came in so fresh, and so quick? The answer to […]
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  • The Intersection of Climate and Coffee on Finca Huixoc

    The Intersection of Climate and Coffee on Finca Huixoc

    It all started with a pretty benign suggestion. Bob Fulmer mentioned the long history of Alfred Klein and coffees from Finca San Carlos to me in passing, and dropped a line introducing us. What followed, over the course of a few weeks, was an exchange totaling over 5000 words and eventually filling numerous blog posts […]

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