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This is an incredibly useful The Crown Podcast episode with Certifications Specialist Lauren Cropper and The Crown’s Director of Education Chris Kornman unpacking the 5 most common coffee certifications that Royal carries. Beyond Labels: What Certifications Really Mean for Your Coffee Chris: So recently I’ve been talking to folks a lot about aspects of sustainability. […]

The UC Davis Coffee Center Receives its Official Dedication and is Open for Business Friday, June 25th, was the day of the official dedication ceremony for the UC Davis College of Engineering Coffee Center, a 6,000 square foot multi-bay laboratory building currently on its way to becoming the world’s first research and teaching facility dedicated […]

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 […]

Good Food Awards Coffee Entry The Good Food Awards entry period is about to start! The Good Food Awards is open to producers in 17 categories, including coffee. The deadline to enter is June 30th. Want to learn more? Listen to the Good Food Awards co-founder Sarah Weiner, co-chair Tovara Salley, and co-chair Sandra Loofbourow discuss […]

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 […]

Green coffee sales are the core of Royal Coffee’s business. Green coffee ships in various packaging types, many different processing methods, and from a wide variety of different origins. Let’s take a quick overview of the different types of green coffee Royal carries, and some of our favorite examples of great green coffee.  Arabica & […]

Comparing Common Coffee Brewers – Part II By Nate Lumpkin, Crown Barista As you all know, everything’s closed down for a little while to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, and the Crown is doing its part by staying closed. In the meantime, I have a lot of time on my hands. I’ve been […]

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 […]

Chris Kornman, Education and Lab Manager of The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room briefly discusses the fabled Gesha coffee variety, the evolution of the plant’s genetics and flavor profiles in anticipation of some new Crown Jewel releases. For more information on coffee plant types, check out this Roaster’s Guide to Understanding Coffee Plant […]

Editors note: A version of this article first appeared as a two-part series in Barista Magazine Online on September 15 and  September 18, 2018. By Chris Kornman & Sandra Elisa Loofbourow Part I – Green Coffee Extract was the First Wave By Chris Kornman In Yemen’s port of Aden around the middle of the 15th […]