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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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Education + Resources
July 7, 2020 Chris Kornman

Roasting on the Ikawa - Updates & Comments (Part III)
The long and winding road of Ikawa profiling led me to pen previous articles on challenges and some new ‘from-scratch” sample roast profiles I have been employing regularly for Crown Jewels and other coffees. Yet, I’ve long been seeking a low-airflow alternative to the high fan speeds I tend to prefer for most high-density coffees. […]
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December 12, 2018 Chris Kornman

Winter Warmers: Single Origin Substitutions & Blending Alternatives for the Cold Season
Winter is probably best time to drink coffee. Its warmth provides an extra measure of comfort and supplies the energy required to climb out from under the covers on a cold, dark morning. Yet winter arrivals are frequently overlooked in favor of their flashier summer counterparts—it’s admittedly hard to argue with a zesty Kenya Nyeri […]
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October 23, 2018 Laurel Wirth

Current Offerings: Focus on Women Producers
Editor’s Note: Since we published this article about two years ago, demand for coffee grown by women producers has grown tremendously. We’re so very honored to work with these incredible women. I want to use this space to highlight Royal’s current offerings from women producers. Now more than ever there is demand from coffee buyers […]
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Education + Resources
July 18, 2018 Chris Kornman

How Dissimilar Origins Shaped the Industry
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Coffee T&I Magazine, June 2018. Download a PDF here, including fully cited references. Coffee often exists as a routine, a caffeine delivery mechanism, well before any of us begin taking pleasure in its flavor. Like many things in life, enjoyment is usually cultivated over time, enhanced […]
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March 28, 2018 Mayra Orellana-Powell

Producer Interview: Irham Yunus, owner of Jagong Mill in Sumatra, Indonesia
Irham Yunus, along with his family, owns several farms in the Takengon and Atu regions and runs the Jagong mill on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Irham and his wife have four children: two daughters are doctors and their son is a general contractor. Their other daughter, Ina Ramadhani, has followed her father into the […]

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Crown Jewels
March 20, 2018 The Crown

Crown Analysis: 40379C 苏门答腊玉龙曼特宁G1 GrainPro包装
Introduction by Chris Kornman 介绍来自使你唤起神话与传说，苏门答腊玉龙咖啡在很多方面都是收获最佳选择的象征。这款咖啡来自苏门答腊北部Takengon高地，位于Lukup Sabun附近的一个长期供应商Koperasi Kopi Gayo Organico (KKGO) 合作社。该合作社拥有1500多...
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November 15, 2017 Royal Coffee

Staff Picks!
Staff Picks! This week in staff picks, Ethiopia makes a strong showing from the Crown team. The Trading team found two Colombian offerings that represent the coffee rainbow that country has to offer, from the humble Supremo 17/18 to the much vaunted zero-defect vacuum sealed microlot. Rwanda and Sumatra aren’t far behind, and the result […]

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October 23, 2017 Royal Coffee

Staff Picks!
Staff Picks! Sometimes we get excited around the cupping table, and one particular coffee stands out to us. We’re sure we aren’t alone in this – there’s always that coffee that just fits. Taste in coffee is unapologetically subjective. There are some coffees we can all agree upon as being special, and for the Royal Trading […]

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