Exploring Scent with Le Nez du Café
Sandra Loofbourow explores the science, history, and purpose behind the Le Nez du Café aroma kit.
Specialty Coffee in Bolivia: The Growth of an Industry
Editor’s note: This article was first published in Roast Magazine’s Sep/Oct 2021 issue, and is reprinted here with permission. Author’s note: I remember the first time I talked to Felix Chambi of Cooperativa San Juan. It was a fall afternoon late in 2019; we had...
“Coffee Needs Research”
The UC Davis Coffee Center Receives its Official Dedication and is Open for Business Friday, June 25th, was the day of the official dedication ceremony for the UC Davis College of Engineering Coffee Center, a 6,000 square foot multi-bay laboratory building currently...
The New Wave of Bolivian Coffee
The New Wave of Bolivian Coffee Bolivia’s story with coffee is unique and still unfolding. This year, Royal has contracted coffees from this origin for the first time in over a decade. A new generation of coffee farmers dedicated to producing high-quality...
Looking Towards the Future of Guatemalan Coffee
Editor’s note: This article first ran in Daily Coffee News on January 14, 2020. It is reprinted here with permission. Guatemalan coffee has long held a place of honor among specialty coffee roasters. Regional names like Antigua, Cobán, and Huehuetenango are...
Announcement: Royal Coffee is a Data Donor for the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide
12/23/19 update: The 2019 Specialty Transaction Guide is published and can be downloaded here. We are encouraging everyone to read it and consider donating data if they are in a position to do so. 2/20/20 update:Chris Kornman provides some key takeaways from the...
Coffee Auctions Part 3: Reflections & Path Forward
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series originally published in Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. It is reprinted here with permission. You may download the pdf here, graciously provided by T&CTJ. Reflections on the Purpose and the Path Forward for...
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...
What We Learned From This Year’s Catracha Quality Project
We are wrapping up our analysis of the 2016 Catracha Quality Project (CQP). Royal published a lot on this over the last two months, but if you haven’t been following this series, I’d suggest starting here. I’ll summarize a few of our key takeaways below. The team has... Can Cherry Selection Correlate to Higher Cup Scores in Catracha Coffee?
When the Catracha Quality Project began, Catracha organizers encouraged producers to focus on the quality of the coffee by selecting ripe cherry. In the Royal Blog last week, Arvin Juan presented a post-harvest process map, the result of two years of observing...