How to Set Up and Run a Coffee Cupping: A Step-by-Step Guide Cupping is the coffee industry’s more-or-less standardized practice for sensory evaluation. Using aromas and flavors it is possible to determine the quality potential of a given coffee, the success of a roast, and/or the presence of...
Auctioning is perhaps one of the most convoluted and least efficient ways to complete a coffee transaction. It also happens to be one of the very first means used for trading green coffee. It persists today as the primary method for purchasing coffees from nations such as Kenya and Tanzania, and...
Editor's Note: The notes & profiles below were created using the Pro App prior to version 2.5 and Firmware prior to version 23, which introduced a new type of airflow control. You'll get the best results below when using "Closed Loop" setting on your Ikawa Pro. We'll be updating our profiles...
Introduction by Chris Kornman 介绍 by Chris Kornman 在过去的20多年里，哈拉尔不过是人们心中一个尘封已久的褪色的记忆 —— 一个传奇, 一个永恒的或许无法再现的印记。而曾一度，日晒哈拉尔那独特的蓝莓风味令其他咖啡都望其项背，深受上世纪八九十年代人们的喜爱。哈拉尔是咖啡猎奇者的珍宝，如此神秘，如此不同寻常，难以描述，只待你亲自品尝才能明了。无可非议，它是近期时代最让人印象深刻的咖啡，让很多人品尝后眼界大开并因此迈入精品咖啡的大门。 Royal 的CEO...
A note from Mayra: One of my dreams is to see more people from origin working on the other side of the supply chain. People who were raised in coffee communities are often the best advocates for their coffee once it arrives in the United States. I am pleased to interview Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia,...
A few recent shipments from Mexico brought matters of international shipping to our attention once again, but in a very positive manner. These two shipments in particular came in tasting absolutely fabulous. So, how come these coffees came in...
Editor's note: this story first ran in Daily Coffee News on May 14, 2018. On January 14, 2018, Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa dissolved the Tanzania Coffee Development Trust Fund, claiming it was redundant and depriving farmers of their money. At the same time, he directed the...
What do you call a coffee that is neither fully washed nor dried in the cherry... and more importantly, what does it mean when we say Pulped Natural, Honey Process, or Semi-Washed? In the world of coffee, there are basically two ways to process post-harvest. You can minimally process before...
Irham Yunus, along with his family, owns several farms in the Takengon and Atu regions and runs the Jagong mill on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Irham and his wife have four children: two daughters are doctors and their son is a general contractor. Their other daughter, Ina Ramadhani, has...
Introduction 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年以来育てられています。彼はイルガチェフ町の南に位置するアダム・ゴルボータ協同組合のメンバーです。...
Editor's note: This article first appeared in Daily Coffee News on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Despite the fact that coffee comes equipped with a natural insecticide (caffeine), it is still susceptible to sporadic insect infestation. Royal Coffee experienced a pest-related incident that affected...
Introduction by Chris Kornman 介绍来自 使你唤起神话与传说，苏门答腊玉龙咖啡在很多方面都是收获最佳选择的象征。这款咖啡来自苏门答腊北部Takengon高地，位于Lukup Sabun附近的一个 长期供应商Koperasi Kopi Gayo Organico (KKGO) 合作社。该合作社拥有1500多位成员，其中许多都是在该地区战乱冲突期间失去丈夫的遗孀。 2013年地震后这些家庭开始进行重建。 作为苏门答腊最北端的省份，Aceh的大部分区域是“曼特宁”咖啡的来源之地，有时也被称为Gayo或Gayoland，参照源于当地绝大多数的Gayonese...
As part of Royal Coffee’s continued series of interviews with coffee producers, I am pleased to introduce Mrs. Fatoum Muslot. Royal Coffee has worked with the Muslot family since 1984, bringing in Yemeni coffee every year that we can. Recently, we have been having a very lively dialog with Yemen,...
If you’re a cocktail connoisseur, you may have noticed a trend developing among your mixologist friends. The food and beverage industry has been steadily returning to the use of locally produced ingredients and preparing everything in-house. Of course, eating locally and seasonally was once the...
It all started with a pretty benign suggestion. Bob Fulmer mentioned the long history of Alfred Klein and coffees from Finca San Carlos to me in passing, and dropped a line introducing us. What followed, over the course of a few weeks, was an exchange totaling over 5000 words and eventually...
