A New Women’s Cooperative in Java Over the last few years I have found space in the coffee industry to express myself as a successful woman. I founded Catracha Coffee and I am the Marketing and Outreach Director for Royal Coffee. I want to use my position with Catracha and at Royal to support other […]
Chris Kornman’s recent supply chain article published in the Royal Newsletter could not have been more timely for me. His observations resonated with my own experiences from a recent trip to Guatemala. As Chris explained, coffee milling and exporting services are often separate from farm operations. This is common for many of Royal’s Guatemalan coffee […]
I recently took the opportunity to interview Carlos Fernández Morera, a coffee producer in Costa Rica who is using cutting edge experimentation to improve the quality of his coffee. Carlos owns Finca El Diamante and works with a coffee association called Café de Altura, which is located near San Rafael de San Ramón within the province of […]
As part of Royal Coffee’s continued series of interviews with coffee producers, I am pleased to introduce Mrs. Fatoum Muslot. Royal Coffee has worked with the Muslot family since 1984, bringing in Yemeni coffee every year that we can. Recently, we have been having a very lively dialog with Yemen, and this interview with Mrs. Muslot […]
Chris Kornman近期刊发在Royal Newsletter的关于产业供应链的文章很及时，他的感受与我最近到访危地马拉的经历有着异曲同工之妙。 正如Chris所说，咖啡处理和出口是与农业生产过程分开的两个独立环节，对于Royal的很多危地马拉咖啡供应商来说这是一个不争的事实。 出口商CAMEC 例如，来自危地马拉不同产区...
I recently returned from a 26 day coffee trek through Central America and Mexico with filmmaker Sarah Gerber. We interviewed, filmed, and photographed Royal’s coffee producing partners with an eye towards bringing the production of coffee, in living color, home to Royal’s coffee consuming clients. In anticipation of these “farm to cup” films, I wanted […]
Every year the international coffee community comes together at the Specialty Coffee Expo. This event brings together professionals from every step of the coffee supply chain to discuss, learn, and make new contacts. 2018 marks a significant milestone for IWCA as we celebrate the organization’s 15th anniversary. As a global network, IWCA connects chapters in […]
As part of Royal Coffee’s continued series of interviews with coffee producers, I am pleased to introduce Arlex Olave, a coffee producer from Colombia who recently sold coffee to Royal Coffee for the first time. Please introduce yourself and provide a brief description of your work as a coffee producer. My name is […]
I recently took the opportunity to interview Javier Montel Valencia, a coffee producer in Mexico whose coffee placed 12th in the 2017 Mexico Cup of Excellence (COE), where Jen Apodaca and Alex Mason participated as judges. Francisco’s winning lot was produced on a 6-acre farm located in the community of Huehuetecpan within the municipality of […]
Catracha Coffee single farm micro-lots have arrived from Honduras. These coffees are produced by small individual farmers and arrived here in Oakland ranging in size from 5 bags up to 20 bags, marked with the farmer’s name to ensure traceability for each lot. These are not cooperative coffees, but Catracha Coffee has a profit sharing […]
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 daughter, Ina Ramadhani, has followed her father into the […]
In anticipation of this year’s Central American harvest, I have been reflecting on last year’s trek from Costa Rica to Mexico. From the start, the impact of leaf rust (roya) on organic coffee was foremost on my list of inquiry. One of the first visits was to Hacienda La Amistad, located in Coto Brus, a […]
