The Royal Blog

Editor’s note: A version of this article first ran on the blog in December of 2018. This year, our Sales Associate, Spencer Ford, updated the list and will be updating it throughout the season. Even in the strangest of years in recent memory, there’s at least a little comfort to the impending changing of the […]

The C market, as of October 14th, is trading at $2.09/lb, back to the levels reached immediately following the frost in Minas Gerais and other coffee regions of Brazil this past July. This is in spite of nearly ideal rainfall patterns in Brazil. Drought no longer seems to be a primary concern, although it remains […]

Editor’s note: This article is written by Marcelo Pereira Magnere. In his own words: “I am a coffee lover, quality specialist and private consultant. I have focused my career on improving smallholder coffee farmer’s revenue and competitiveness, by relying on their advantages rather than on the volumes they produce. I have had the privilege and […]

Editor’s note: This article first ran in Roast Magazine’s September/October 2020 issue, and is republished here with permission. Roast has generously provided a pdf of the article, which you can access here. Article Summary Bourbon coffee traces its global influence back to Réunion Island, where a small genetic pool reshaped arabica cultivation worldwide. This article […]

The long and winding road of Ikawa profiling led me to pen previous articles on challenges and some new ‘from-scratch” sample roast profiles I have been employing regularly for Crown Jewels and other coffees. Yet, I’ve long been seeking a low-airflow alternative to the high fan speeds I tend to prefer for most high-density coffees. […]

We are updating this blog entry weekly. Last update was April 13th, 2020.  These weeks have been a whirlwind, but we’ve managed to keep coffee flowing in and out of our warehouse and handle QC responsibilities, albeit with a skeleton crew to minimize contact points among our staff. We thank those of you who have […]

Editor’s note: This article first ran in Daily Coffee News on June 28, 2019, and is republished here with permission. Exploring the Wide World of Coffee Agronomy Research at Origin Back in May, The Crown and Equator Coffees co-hosted Greg Meenahan of World Coffee Research for a pair of speaking engagements devoted to sustainability and […]

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 hard to argue with a zesty Kenya Nyeri […]

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 fundamental news to inspire more upside […]