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Alex Mason

VP of Trading Activity

Articles by Alex Mason

  • Timor: Highlighting Healthcare Services in a Young Nation

    Since 2001 Royal has worked with Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT) and has imported and distributed millions of pounds of this group’s coffee. This is no small feat, especially as the average farmer cultivates less that one hectare (about 2 ½ acres) of land. I love this coffee and this cooperative. What impresses me most is […]

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  • You Do Well, We Do Well

    Dear Royal Reader, For my entire coffee trading career my client base has heard my incessant mantra: If you do well; we do well. Meaning that if the specific client was successful and in some small part credited my recommendations on quality, quantity, and price points they would return for another transaction content and ready […]

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    Your Green Coffee Supplier: The ABCs

    Your Green Coffee Supplier: The ABCs   At this juncture in my career my personal satisfaction comes from the undeniable fact that individuals, families, and organizations in both coffee roasting facilities and coffee producing regions rely on me and Royal Coffee to be their purveyors of choice and market makers for their quality products that […]

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    Current Coffee Market Outlook: Brazil Frost, Tariffs & Spot Scarcity

    Article Summary: Global coffee markets face major uncertainty driven by Brazil’s August frost, 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian imports, and ongoing spot coffee scarcity. The frost’s full impact on the 2026 harvest remains unknown, heightening volatility. Tariffs have inflated costs and redirected demand to other origins like Colombia, Peru, and Indonesia, pushing premiums higher. Spot […]
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