I know, I’ll buy it and replant the nearly vertical slopes with Caturra, and produce amazing microwave lots, with orange acidity and caramel sweetness. I am slipping into a tranquil, sentimental, 100 Years of Solitude state of mind. There is a magical quality to the light, and the mountain peaks do seem to possess spirits. […]
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, […]
Once a coffee cherry is picked from the branch, every step it takes until it’s brewed is a desperate act of preservation, a struggle against the entropy that will inevitably degrade the dying seed. In a perfect world, short distances traveled in stable environments would contribute to that preservation… but the coffee drinking world isn’t […]
AUGUST 24TH-28TH 2016 Email Mayra Orellana-Powell by August 17th, 2016 to reserve your spot mpowell@royalcoffee.com Royal Coffee is partnering with Inconexus to sponsor a cupping contest and auction in Nariño, Colombia. We expect this event to be a repeat of last year’s success at Mejor de Tolima. This year’s event, Mejor de Nariño, is an opportunity to support […]
You may have heard about the recent transportation strikes in Colombia, the longest such strikes in Colombia’s history. Then again, you may have not. After 46 days of strike, agreements were reached with Colombia’s trucker’s unions including concessions on truck maintenance, an affordable housing program for small trucking businesses, and the foundation of a legal […]
by Chris Kornman Royal Coffee’s The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room may not yet be open, but that hasn’t stopped the crew from undertaking a number of projects that are increasingly becoming available to the coffee industry. We opened the use of our space recently for an event that engaged a number of […]
In the earlier September edition the Royal News, we told you about a cupping event in Tolima, Colombia being hosted by Inconexus Coffee. The results are in, and we can say with a great deal of certainty that Tolima is loaded with outstanding coffees. Cradled to its south and east by Huila and Cauca, and […]
