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  • Some Notes on 'Notes'

    Hopefully you have noticed the new section on our website called “Producer Profiles.” We are working diligently to compile info and photos for all of the coffees we offer and the producers we represent. The goal is to share as much information as possible about the land and people who produce the coffees we sell. […]
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  • Retro Mandheling

    Retro Mandheling

    Throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s Royal sold a couple of different Sumatra types. Our most popular, simply called Mandheling Grade 1, made up most of our volume and still does. Back then most “Mandheling” was grown between Medan and the Northern shore of Lake Toba. Occasionally we also sold a small amount of Lintong […]

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