When viewing the Royal Coffee offering list for Brazil, it has been traditionally dominated by Mogiana and Cerrado FC SS 17/18, with multiple containers arriving and shipping out to us every month. These are the bread and butter Brazils: soft, mild, mellow sweet and nutty (and cheap), used widely and anonymously in blends by roasters […]
I love espresso. There’s nothing quite so delightful as pulling a shot, tasting it, making small adjustments, and eventually watching the beautiful tiger stripes of a perfect dial. It’s such a pleasingly tactile experience, and for someone who’s spent years behind a humming, hot espresso machine, there’s a certain comfort in returning to movements that […]
Introduction by Chris Kornman 简介 这支咖啡来自FazendaRainha（皇后庄园）， 庄园占地280亩，地处巴西一个古老的火山山谷Vale da Grama。 2011年，庄园在巴西COE竞赛中获得了冠军。庄园里种有200亩的黄波本种咖啡树，绵延起伏的山地让大规模机械采收无法施展，因而这里所有的咖啡...
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 of the work we do alongside roasters involves […]
Around this time of year many roasters begin to worry if they will have enough Central American and Mexican coffee to make it till next season, or if their Sumatra is starting to taste like a musty jute sack or if their Ethiopia will start to lose its lemony luster. While those concerns are understandable, […]
This week we’re back on the grading table, this time focusing our attention on visual defects in green coffee. In many ways, green coffee defects share some similarities with screen size. They both impact the way coffee roasts and tastes and equally can have financial ramifications in terms of contract approvals and the value of […]
Royal Coffee has been sourcing, buying, and selling green coffee since 1978. During that time, our focus has always been on showcasing the best single origins we can. While single origins are an integral part of the supply chain, it overlooks something roasters have been asking for: year-round consistent blends. While we have built varying […]
The People Who Live on the Hill by Melissa Holland An old friend of mine from Oakland recently married a woman from Brazil. They lived in Rio de Janeiro with her son from her first marriage for a couple of years, until last year when he brought them both to live here in the East […]
