The Coffee Buyers' Cupping Table at The Crown As part of our path to making the coffee supply chain more transparent, we are hosting purchasing-focused cuppings at The Crown most Tuesdays at 11 a.m. At these cupping events, you can expect type samples from potential suppliers of green coffee,...
The Problem with Plastic (and single use cups) Part I: Our Plastic Reality I am lucky enough to know some real, sweat-and-blood environmental activists, or environmental warriors. These are people who live zero-waste and plastic-free lifestyles, who organize beach clean-ups, protest for water...
Editors note: A version of this article first appeared as a two-part series in Barista Magazine Online on September 15 and September 18, 2018. By Sandra Elisa Loofbourow Lately, I’ve been writing about how people dress up their coffee in various parts of the world, as well as how people consumed...
Editors note: A version of this article first appeared as a two-part series in Barista Magazine Online on September 15 and September 18, 2018. By Chris Kornman & Sandra Elisa Loofbourow Part I - Green Coffee Extract was the First Wave By Chris Kornman In Yemen’s port of Aden around the middle...
There is a wealth of diversity in the way people prepare and consume coffee around the world. The cultural exchange that comes out of international interaction, and especially out of colonization, creates new traditions like Café de Olla, a Mexican beverage I’ve written about previously. These new...
Editors note: A version of this article first appeared as a two-part series in Barista Magazine Online on August 7 and August 14, 2018. For a limited time, you can enjoy our version of this beverage at The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room Café de Olla: Native to Mestizo Mexico In many...
Advanced Roasting Class Upcoming - Register Here This course takes place over 2 consecutive days Thursday, September 13th, 9am - 4pm (lunch provided) Friday, September 14th, 9am - 12pm The Crown's Advanced Roasting 2-day course offers an array of tools to equip roasters to dramatically improve...
Maybe you saw the Sprudge Shout-Out last week, maybe you've been keeping up on our Events page... But in either case, the night of coffee-related trivia is fast approaching. Register in Advance Here Advance registration guarantees a spot in the evening's festivities and entitles you to a...
Culture, Conflict, and Coffee: Tastings from Uncommon Origins Paired with History You Haven’t Heard (at Blue Bottle in Culver City, Los Angeles) - FREE Register & Learn More Here! Saturday, August 18th, 2:00pm – 4:30pm We’d like to explore a little about why the roasted seed of a fruit,...
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...
Last month I spent a few weeks playing with the rate of extraction, and came up with some interesting findings. Notably, I learned that the majority of extraction happens within the first 90 seconds of brewing; by that point most of the solids that are going to wash out of the coffee bean and into...
Hang up your hats and tie up those high horses, the great caffeine debate can be put to rest. All roasts are created equal. That's right. Under normal circumstances an 8oz cup of light roast has about the same amount of caffeine as the same serving of dark roast. Ready to dive down the rabbit...
I love espresso. There's nothing quite so delightful as pulling a shot, tasting it, making small adjustments, and eventually watching the beautiful tiger stripes of a perfect dial. It's such a pleasingly tactile experience, and for someone who's spent years behind a humming, hot espresso machine,...
We're adding a number of new classes to the calendar in March and April for 2018 before we head off to Expo in Seattle. Fact & Folklore: Coffee's Culture & Cultivation - a Interactive Lecture & Tasting at Pulley Collective - NEW! Tuesday, April 10 @ Pulley Collective in Oakland - $20...
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...
