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John Cossette

VP of Green Coffee Purchasing

Articles by John Cossette

  • load the larders

    Load the Larders

    Summer is fading fast, school is back in session, vacations are over and the workaday reality of our millstone existence stares us in the face. This is the season when the real coffee drinking begins, demand and consumption are high, yet as always it corresponds with a time of year when deliveries have ended and […]

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  • Brazil: Beautiful Horizons

    Brazil: Beautiful Horizons

    When viewing the Royal Coffee offering list for Brazil, it has been traditionally dominated by Mogiana and Cerrado FC SS 17/18, with multiple containers arriving and shipping out to us every month. These are the bread and butter Brazils: soft, mild, mellow sweet and nutty (and cheap), used widely and anonymously in blends by roasters […]

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  • El Salvador El Jabali Bourbon/Pacas Fair Trade GrainPro (eljabali)

    Landmark Pricing Change: Fair Trade and FLO International

    John Cossette, Vice President of Green Coffee Purchasing at Royal weighs in on the pricing change and shares his take on our best Fairtrade Organic offerings.  Since 1995, Royal Coffee has been an active participant and importer of Fairtrade and Organic coffee. Starting with a few tentative purchases from Nicaragua, Fairtrade Organic Coffee now represents […]
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  • Costa Rica La Amistad

    Costa Rica Finca La Amistad - Old School Organic

    Article Summary: Royal Coffee celebrates 30 years importing from Finca La Amistad, Costa Rica’s pioneering organic, shade-grown farm run by Roberto Montero near the Panama border. Fully powered by hydroelectric energy and built on closed-loop composting, the 250-hectare farm is the only Bird Friendly certified estate in Costa Rica. Despite lower yields, it remains a […]
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  • Fall Coffees – Looking at Autumn Arrivals to Spice Up the Menu

    Around this time of year many roasters begin to worry if they will have enough Central American and Mexican coffee to make it till next season, or if their Sumatra is starting to taste like a musty jute sack or if their Ethiopia will start to lose its lemony luster.  While those concerns are understandable, […]

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