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Crown Jewel Sample Pack
Crown Jewel Sample Packs We all need a little variety in our life. Have you ever wanted to sample a Crown Jewel coffee before committing to a full 22lb box? How about hosting your own mini-cupping of a variety of coffees? This is where the Crown Jewel Sample Pack can help! We've brought back the...
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,...
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,...
Producer Interview: Arlex Olave from Popayan, Colombia
As part of Royal Coffee’s continued series of interviews with coffee producers, I am pleased to introduce Arlex Olave, a coffee producer from Colombia who recently sold coffee to Royal Coffee for the first time. Please introduce yourself and provide a brief description of your work as a...
ASOPCAFA – First Arrival from Huila
One of our first arrivals for this year’s Colombian main crop comes from a small cooperative in Huila known by its acronym ASOPCAFA, rather than its full name: Asociacion de Productores, Transformadores y Exportadores de Café del Municipio de Aipe – Huila. The coffee, much like the producing...
Producer Interview: Francisco Javier Montiel Valencia, 12th Place Finisher in the 2017 Mexico COE
I recently took the opportunity to interview Javier Montel Valencia, a coffee producer in Mexico whose coffee placed 12th in the 2017 Mexico Cup of Excellence (COE), where Jen Apodaca and Alex Mason participated as judges. Francisco’s winning lot was produced on a 6-acre farm located in the...
Load the Larders
Summer is fading fast, school is back in session, vacations are over and the workaday reality of our millstone existence stares us in the face. This is the season when the real coffee drinking begins, demand and consumption are high, yet as always it corresponds with a time of year when deliveries...
Producer Interview: Carlos Fernández Morera from Café de Altura
I recently took the opportunity to interview Carlos Fernández Morera, a coffee producer in Costa Rica who is using cutting edge experimentation to improve the quality of his coffee. Carlos owns Finca El Diamante and works with a coffee association called Café de Altura, which is located near San...
Honduras Update: Catracha Microlots Have Arrived
Home in Honduras Nearly a year ago, my Royal office space moved to origin. I spent the month of August in Colombia visiting producers in Nariño, Cauca, Huila, and Tolima. In September, I moved home to Honduras. With the power of technology, I am able to continue my primary role at Royal, keeping...
Producer Interview: Manuel Walfredo Diego José of ASOBAGRI, Guatemala
Royal has a new arrival and first of its kind from long time trading partner Asociación Barillense de Agricultores (ASOBAGRI), a well established association of more than 1,200 farmers who produce coffee on small family owned farms from 80 communities within the municipality of Santa Cruz...
Producer Interview: Sonia Amuruso of Finca Lerida, Panama
Mayra Orellana-Powell is at origin in Honduras, and speaks regularly with the producers of the coffees we offer. Being in this unique position, she came up with the idea of interviewing producers about their life and experience of the coffee industry. Our first interview is with the manager of...
Catracha’s Third Annual Youth Conference Brings the Supply Chain Together
Editor’s Note: This is part of a continued series on our commitment to the Catracha Quality Project. We have some coffees available SPOT from this inspiring project. Catch up on all of the articles here. Inspiring Young People The Catracha Community hosted its third annual youth conference at the...
Timor: Highlighting Healthcare Services in a Young Nation
Since 2001 Royal has worked with Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT) and has imported and distributed millions of pounds of this group’s coffee. This is no small feat, especially as the average farmer cultivates less that one hectare (about 2 ½ acres) of land. I love this coffee and this cooperative....
A New Women’s Cooperative in Java
A New Women’s Cooperative in Java Over the last few years I have found space in the coffee industry to express myself as a successful woman. I founded Catracha Coffee and I am the Marketing and Outreach Director for Royal Coffee. I want to use my position with Catracha and at Royal to support...