Tana Toraja: Notes from Sulawesi, Indonesia
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...
Producer Interview: Irham Yunus, owner of Jagong Mill in Sumatra, Indonesia
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...
2024 Red Sea Logistics Update
Royal Coffee’s Inbound Traffic Specialist, Jodi Louws, shares her thoughts on the recent disruptions in the Red Sea and implications for coffee pricing and availability. Summary: Attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea have caused shipping companies to reroute...
The Crown Gallery Artist Interviews: Alexis M. Brayton
The Crown seeks to give exposure to local and international artists through The Crown Gallery, and hosts new artists every four months. The Crown Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the Spring of 2024 and is seeking artists who approach issues related to...
Evergreen Green Coffee Picks 2023
Royal Coffee’s Senior Trader & Sales Team Leader, Jeri Idso, shares her Evergreen Green Coffee Picks for 2023: Central America: 31546 Nicaragua is from a tiny 22-acre farm run by a woman who grew up in the coffee business, and this farm’s coffees have...
Specialty Green Coffee Cupping Series: November 2023
by Isabella Vitaliano Welcome to our Specialty Green Coffee Cupping Series on Thursday where we highlight recent arrivals. We select several coffees to cup at The Crown and provide more in-depth tasting notes, coffee background, and usage recommendations. 28681 Costa...
A New World History & Geography of Arabica Coffee Cultivars
A New World History & Geography of Arabica Coffee Cultivars A Visualization and Narrative of the Historical Cultivation, Selection, Distribution, Mutation, and Hybridization of Arabica’s Most Common Cultivars, with the Context of Dates and Locations By Chris...
2023 Freight Outlook
Royal Coffee’s Inbound Traffic Specialist, Jodi Louws, shares her thoughts on market forces that will affect shipping costs in 2023. TLDR; Shipping costs are not back to pre-pandemic lows, and we do not expect them to be. Freight rates are improving, but not...
2021 Green Coffee Staff Picks for Fall & Winter
Editor’s note: A version of this article first ran on the blog in December of 2018. This year, our Sales Associate, Spencer Ford, updated the list and will be updating it throughout the season. Even in the strangest of years in recent memory, there’s at least a...
The C Market and Our Prices
About a month ago, I discussed some factors that led to the C market’s rise. Now that the C market has gone above the highs of the drought-driven market of 2014-15, I want to address our pricing specifically. While prices have increased due to freight and higher...