Editor's Note: This article first ran on March 9, 2020, in Daily Coffee News. It is reprinted here with permission. As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been capturing headlines worldwide, the Specialty Coffee Association last week announced a series of new hygiene practices to be implemented...
This week, Daily Coffee News published a summary of a surprisingly readable white paper by the Clean Label Project about decaffeinated coffee and the dangers of Methylene Chloride (or dichloromethane, CH2Cl2 for the scientists in the room). It circled the office this morning -- senior trader Jeri...
Occasionally, Royal Coffee will receive photos from origin that really stand out. We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Nahún Rodríguez, who works in Honduras and captures life there through his lens. You can find more of his work on Instagram @nahunrodriguez.hn Nahún Rodríguez:...
Editor's note: This article first ran in Coffee, Tea & I Magazine Vol 72 (Download a PDF here) and is reprinted with permission. Burundi: Passionate people and exquisite flavors The clay is red as bricks, stark against the lush greens of banana trees, tea leaves, and coffee plants. The colors...
by Doris Garrido They say that in Oaxaca the mezcal is taken with coffee! -Lila Downs - Mexican singer Mezcal is an agave-based distilled drink from Oaxaca, as well as other states in México. I've found many stories about how mezcal was born but for this article, I am going to talk about the one...
I recently returned from a trip to Sulawesi with the Consulate General of Indonesia, where we visited coffee production areas and gained further understanding of the supply chain and current issues facing coffee producers. Read on to learn more about this unique production area in Indonesia, and...
Foreword by Chris Kornman The story of Alfred Klein and Royal Coffee is a long one, best heard in the words of Don Alfred himself, and that of Royal’s cofounder Bob Fulmer. Bob and I struck up a brief conversation about the coffees and the farm a couple of years ago, which led to, among other...
Editor's note: This article first ran on October 8, 2019 in Daily Coffee News. It is republished here with permission. Are Low Prices Fueling Displacement? A Closer Look at Coffee and Emigration If farmers can’t — at minimum — break even with their costs of production, they will very likely...
By Max Nicholas-Fulmer with Chris Kornman It started last week: a sudden and noticeable uptick in clients asking for FOB prices on coffees they’d already bought from Royal, some over a year old. It did not take long for our crack trading staff to surmise this might have something to do with The...
An Ethiopian Army general who was accused of fomenting a coup in the northern city of Bahir Dar was shot and killed by a bodyguard earlier this week. The General, Asamnew Tsige, is being held responsible for the shooting deaths of the Army Chief of Staff, the highest ranking military official in...
Since the mid-1980’s, Royal Coffee has had a special relationship with the country of Ethiopia and the incredible coffees it produces. Starting with Mohammed Ogsadey and later, his nephew Rashid Abdullahi, continuing through the establishment of the Cooperative Unions and the installment of the...
Editor's Note: This article was first published in mymarketable.blogspot.com. The article is being republished here with the permission of Liliana Sánchez, founder of MarketAble Trade & Development. Liliana lives in Honduras and helps connect coffee producers with roasters. She is a personal...
Imagine. Two countries ravaged for generations with the threat of violence and disorder, where even neighbors may have had long histories fraught with conflict. First under German colonists, then under the Belgian colonial regime, those who had been neighbors for generations were played against...
This was my first year as Co-Chair for the Good Food Awards, hosted by the Good Food Foundation which exists “to celebrate, connect, empower, and leverage the passionate and engaged, yet often overlooked, players in the food system who are driving towards tasty, authentic, and responsible food in...
Nicaragua and Coffee 2018: Navigating Weather, Civil Strife, Roadblocks, and Low Prices (and still delivering great coffee!) After suffering in recent years from loss of production due to the effects of La Roya, this was supposed to be a year of recovery for the Nicaragua coffee economy....
