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...
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 […]
Royal has a new arrival and first of its kind from long time trading partner Asociación Barillense de Agricultores (ASOBAGRI), a well established association of more than 1,200 farmers who produce coffee on small family owned farms from 80 communities within the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas, located in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. […]
Editor’s Note: This is part of a continued series on our commitment to the Catracha Quality Project. We have some coffees available SPOT from this inspiring project. Catch up on all of the articles here. Inspiring Young People The Catracha Community hosted its third annual youth conference at the end of January in the municipality of […]
Home in Honduras Nearly a year ago, my Royal office space moved to origin. I spent the month of August in Colombia visiting producers in Nariño, Cauca, Huila, and Tolima. In September, I moved home to Honduras. With the power of technology, I am able to continue my primary role at Royal, keeping our information current […]
As part of Royal Coffee’s continued series of interviews with coffee producers, I am pleased to introduce Edith Meza Sagarvinaga, a coffee producer from Peru who recently sold coffee to Royal Coffee for the first time. Edith and her brother Ivan are second generation coffee producers and started farming specialty coffee only eight years ago. Edith […]
