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    Green Coffee Report: 2023 Rwanda's Kivubelt and Ikawa House

    Before I can comprehend my surroundings, beyond the sleepless night and unending flight that preceded, suddenly I’m faced with something so familiar and grounding it’s as if I’d fallen from the sky in a million pieces, only to serendipitously reassemble perfectly where I land. 35 coffees, a cupping table, and two familiar faces: Uzziel Habimana […]
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  • Dirt Road in Burundi

    Burundi Coffees in Focus

    Despite being geographically minuscule, Burundi commands an outsized presence in specialty coffee sourcing. Its hills provide exceptional climate and elevation for growing, and its most conscientious producers are cultivating, processing, and exporting coffee that rivals the best and brightest from anywhere in the world. The crop is the country’s single most important export by both […]
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  • View from a green coffee farm in Rwanda.

    A look at our Rwanda lineup

    By Chris Kornman and Charlie Habegger.  There’s something very reassuring about landed coffees in season. Last year’s shipments from Rwanda didn’t arrive until late spring of 2022, fully a year after their harvest. This year, the story is different. Of our Oakland-bound coffees from the recent harvest, we’ve already landed two containers, with a third ETA […]
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  • mochamill9
    Education + Resources

    Spotlight: Yemen Coffees

    Publisher’s note: Caitlin McCarthy-García, Spencer Ford, and Charlie Habegger stopped by The Crown to taste a selection Yemen coffees sourced from the Muslot family, both as pour overs and espresso. The relationship between Royal and the Muslot family goes back decades. You can read about how the relationship started and Royal sourced its first Yemen […]
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    Education + Resources

    The New Wave of Bolivian Coffee

    The New Wave of Bolivian Coffee  Bolivia’s story with coffee is unique and still unfolding. This year, Royal has contracted coffees from this origin for the first time in over a decade.    A new generation of coffee farmers dedicated to producing high-quality coffee are taking the stage in Bolivia. For the first time in the country’s […]
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  • containership
    Coffee News

    What Coffee Roasters Should Know: Massive Hikes for Ocean Contract Costs Ahead

    By Jodi Louws with Charlie Habegger and Bob Fulmer Global shipping delays and costs are still rising. Since October, we’ve seen consumer spending propel Chinese exports to epic highs. The TransPacific trade has been a vacuum drawing on the global supply of containers and vessel services. This demand, combined with COVID-related labor shortages, congestion, and delays at global ports, have triggered...

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