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March 10, 2022 Sandra Loofbourow

Ecuador Coffee Picks: Juan Peña Presents
This year Royal is partnering with CafExporto to bring some of the best coffees from Ecuador. It’s headed up by Juan Peña, a well-regarded producer from Loja in Ecuador who has won three consecutive Sprudgies for “Notable Producer”.
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March 3, 2022 Sandra Loofbourow

Bolivia’s Producer-Led Quality Coffee Resurgence
Editor’s note: This article first ran in Daily Coffee News on January 24, 2022, and is republished here with permission. One day last November I was working at The Crown in Oakland when I received a call from Felix Chambi Garcia, who oversees quality control and exports for Bolivia-based Cooperativa San Juan. It was regarding Bolivia’s […]
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Education + Resources
December 1, 2021 Sandra Loofbourow

Specialty Coffee in Bolivia: The Growth of an Industry
Editor’s note: This article was first published in Roast Magazine’s Sep/Oct 2021 issue, and is reprinted here with permission. Author’s note: I remember the first time I talked to Felix Chambi of Cooperativa San Juan. It was a fall afternoon late in 2019; we had been texting back and forth and he decided to call. […]
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Education + Resources
November 23, 2021 Royal Coffee

2021 Green Coffee Staff Picks for Fall & Winter
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 […]
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November 19, 2021 Max Nicholas-Fulmer

The C Market and Our Prices
About a month ago, I discussed some factors that led to the C market’s rise. Now that the C market has gone above the highs of the drought-driven market of 2014-15, I want to address our pricing specifically. While prices have increased due to freight and higher internal prices for cherry and parchment over the […]
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Coffee News
November 2, 2021 Max Nicholas-Fulmer

Escalating Turmoil in Ethiopia
Just this afternoon our colleague, Haile Andualem, in Addis Ababa has reported that a State of Emergency has been declared nationwide throughout Ethiopia, in response to the ongoing civil war in the northern Tigray region. In particular, the Amhara region directly to the south of Tigray is especially impacted. While it is not yet clear […]
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October 12, 2021 Max Nicholas-Fulmer

Why is the C Market Up?
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 […]
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Coffee News
April 15, 2021 Royal Coffee

Trade Secrets: What's Behind the Coffee Supply Chain Disruption
After the unprecedented challenges of 2020, the specialty coffee world faces an entirely new, though not unrelated, set of logistical hurdles in 2021. Our Director of Education, Chris Kornman, sat down with the Director of Inbound Traffic, Jodi Louws, to discuss complications currently playing out in the world of ocean freight. If you’ve not yet […]
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March 1, 2021 Sandra Loofbourow

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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Coffee News
February 26, 2021 Royal Coffee

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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