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Market Update: Brazil Rains Shift Coffee Prices 
Article Summary: Coffee futures plunged. The sharpest drop in 17 years with arabica down 7.6% and robusta down 10% as rains return to Brazil. Improved weather may boost the 2026 crop, but short-term volatility remains. U.S. imports from Brazil are falling while...
Are All Green Coffees the Same? Factors That Affect Their Flavor

Explore July 2025 Crown Jewel coffee arrivals from Sumatra, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and more. Bold flavors, innovative processing, and standout producers.

Current Coffee Market Outlook: Brazil Frost, Tariffs & Spot Scarcity
Article Summary: Global coffee markets face major uncertainty driven by Brazil’s August frost, 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian imports, and ongoing spot coffee scarcity. The frost’s full impact on the 2026 harvest remains unknown, heightening volatility. Tariffs have...

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Catracha Implementing Climate Edge Meteorological Technology

Catracha Implementing Climate Edge Meteorological Technology

A few weeks ago, I summarized a Climate Edge report issued by Dr. Peter Baker regarding the meteorological data gathered on Jose Alejandro Solis’s Finca Huixoc. Our friends Lowell and Mayra Orellana-Powell of Catracha Coffee recently installed 7 of the Climate Edge NEXO meteorological stations...

Royal Coffee Ethiopia Origin Trip 2017

Royal Coffee Ethiopia Origin Trip 2017

Royal 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...

Cacao + Coffee Roasting Summit

Cacao + Coffee Roasting Summit

Join Royal Coffee, Inc. and friends for an exploration of roasting knowledge, from cacao to coffee. Together, we will taste cacao, chocolate, and coffee samples with a focus on flavor changes caused by roasting, and discuss in detail the significance of raw material composition and heat...

Royal Coffee Responds to the SCA’s Deferred Candidacy Policy

As a founding member of the SCAA and continuing member of the SCA, Royal Coffee does not view the Association’s decision to hold competition events in Dubai nor its recently published Deferred Candidacy policy with apathy or disinterest. The future of the Association and our participation in its...

2017 – 2018 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule

2017 – 2018 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule

Dear Royal Customer, The 2017-2018 Holidays are in full swing! Do you have your beans for the busy season yet? To help plan ahead, our awesome outbound team has organized a list of important closure dates for our U.S. warehouses and most popular carriers for your immediate reference down below....

Honduras Update: Catracha Microlots Have Arrived

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...

Seattle Expo Expedition

Seattle Expo Expedition

Seattle Expo Expedition In April, Royal Coffee is embarking on a journey of epic proportions to the storied land of Seattle, Washington. What brings us there? Funny you should ask. Seattle is well known for its coffee, its fresh air, and of course its excellent weather – but we’re truly going...

Crown Jewel Instagram Photo Contest

Crown Jewel Instagram Photo Contest

Announcing the Crown Jewel Instagram Photo Contest: Will you be attending SCA in Seattle this year? Are you enjoying our Crown Jewel selections? We want to support you! We’ve been noticing your photos of Crown Jewel boxes in the wild, and we can’t get enough of them. So post a photo of your Crown...

Mad Fritz & Royal Coffee Beer Collaboration

Mad Fritz & Royal Coffee Beer Collaboration

Back in October, the Crown held a free-to-the-public educational event that brought together beer brewers and coffee roasters to talk a little about the effect that different types of water made on their beverages. A remarkable variety of water compositions were gathered from across the Bay Area,...

$25,000 for the ACLU

$25,000 for the ACLU

The only thing necessary to assure the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. As an industry whose very existence relies on the labor of frequently marginalized groups of people, I believe there is shared responsibility to push back now against the rising tide of unequal justice,...

2016-2017 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule

2016-2017 Royal Coffee Holiday Schedule

  Dear Royal Customer, The 2016-2017 Holidays are in full swing! Do you have your beans for the busy season yet? To help plan ahead, our awesome outbound team has organized a list of important closure dates for our U.S. warehouses and most popular carriers for your immediate reference down...

Your Thanksgiving Holiday Reader

Your Thanksgiving Holiday Reader

We at Royal Coffee love writing, tasting, analyzing and sharing coffee information with you, our loyal readers. Since launching this blog in February, we've published over 170 articles - that's a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We know all of you have read each article...twice. But for...