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Education + ResourcesEthiopia: Coffee’s Heirloom
Publisher’s note: check out our fresh crop Ethiopias. In December 2018, a small group of us drove the mercifully paved high route from Yirga Alem, in Sidama, to Shakiso, in Guji, arriving in the dark. Early the next morning on our way to the farms we stopped at a café for fatira, a flaky breakfast pancake cut into squares, bowls of honey, and boiling hot macchiatos. The early sun was a disco ball in […]Read now -
Education + ResourcesExchange is the Only Constant: The Evolution of Ethiopia's Commodity Marketplace
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Roast Magazine, and is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be viewed and downloaded here, graciously provided courtesy Roast Magazine. Exchange is the Only Constant The Evolution of Ethiopia’s Commodity Marketplace Words by Chris Kornman | Photos by Evan Gilman Ethiopia’s Commodity Exchange, the ECX, celebrated […]Read now -
Producer Interview: Miriam Monteiro de Aguiar from Brazil & Hirut Berhanu from Ethiopia
Royal sources coffee from every corner of the globe and I am always amazed at how much all of us at origin have in common despite the vast distances between us. I recently interviewed two women working in the coffee industry, one from Brazil and one from Ethiopia. Miriam Monteiro de Aguiar from Brazil and […]Read now -
Crown JewelsCrown Analysis: CJ1173 – エチオピア ドドラ ウォナゴ デスタゴーラ ダブルウオッシュド クラウンジュエル
Read nowIntroduction by Chris Kornman クリス・コーンマンによる豆の紹介 少し遅めに到着したこのエチオピアのコーヒーは、ゲデオ領域内でウォナゴ地区の近く、ドドラ地区に住んでいるデスタゴーラという名前の農家が栽培したものです。 デスタゴーラさんは49歳。4ヘクタールの農場で2万本を超えるコーヒーの木を2013年以来...
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Coffee NewsRoyal Coffee Ethiopia Origin Trip 2017
Read nowRoyal Coffee recently took a trip to Ethiopia, where we met with various exporters and producers, and explored the country from bustling Addis Ababa to remote Gedeb. We visited the production facilities that have brought us such wonderful Ethiopian coffee over the years, and our customers were able to shake the hands of the people […]
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Crown JewelsCrown Analysis: CJ1143 – 皇冠宝石系列之 埃塞尔比亚 Banko Fuafuate产区日晒
Read nowIntroduction by Chris Kornman 简介 无论是自然处理法,还是日晒处理或者任何你所习惯的叫法,这种传统的咖啡处理加工方式都源自于埃塞俄比亚,直至今日几乎全球所有的咖啡产地都还沿用着这种咖啡处理的方式。将咖啡果整个带着果肉和果皮直接干燥处理,就像晒葡萄干一样,无论怎样演变和改进其中的过程,其根源都是埃塞俄比亚...
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埃塞俄比亚:一个神秘的国度
Read now在精品咖啡领域,埃塞俄比亚无疑是一个非常重要的产地之一。几乎在所有烘焙商的清单上,你都可以轻易的找到埃塞俄比亚的字样,在各种咖啡竞赛中也几乎从未缺席领奖台,例如在“好食物奖”上拔得头筹被视为是皇冠宝石系列的主要原产地国之一。作为Royal埃塞俄比亚咖啡的买家,我有机会深入探索这片咖啡的天堂。每每收到埃塞俄比亚新季的顶级水洗和日晒处理...
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Staff Picks!
Read nowStaff 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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Ethiopia: A Disambiguation of the Nation
Read nowEditor’s note: This article was updated on July 16th, 2020. To learn more about Ethiopia, check out our webinar, “What’s Happening in Ethiopia?” with Max Nicholas-Fulmer, Caitlin McCarthy-Garcia, and Haile Andualem. Ethiopia is, arguably, the most important origin in specialty coffee. It appears on every roaster’s menu, consistently wins competitions like the Good Food Awards, […]