{"id":223873,"date":"2025-12-04T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/?p=223873"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:13:10","slug":"crown-jewel-boxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/crown-jewel-boxed\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Coffee\u2019s Top 5 Crown Jewels of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Asking us to choose the top 5 Crown Jewels of the year is akin to asking a parent which of their children are the favorite. Of course, there\u2019s an answer, it\u2019s just impolite to say it <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, instead of simply choosing a few favorites, and because we\u2019re a bit iconoclastic and enjoy bending the rules when we can, we\u2019ve decided to break the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/crown-jewels\/\">Crown Jewels<\/a> into some fun categories. Here are a few of our personal favorites, some consensus best of the bests, and a few light statistics to round things out for the data-inclined.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Cup Score<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unsurprisingly, most of the top spots as delineated by the stoic (now-obsolete?) cup score are occupied by Geshas, followed closely by two of our favorite Ethiopian coffees. What can we say? Despite our love of coffees of nearly every stripe, those floral notes still reign supreme when it comes to the way our team rates coffees.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000039543036\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ecuador Pichincha Galo Morales Washed Gesha<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048158058\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Inoculated Carbonic Honey Gesha Edwin Nore\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000043962212\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tanzania Natural Gesha Neel &amp; Kavita Vohora Karatu District<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000042124920\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ethiopia Washed Faysel Abdosh Duwancho Village<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000047734320\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ethiopia Red Honey Danche<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Volume Imported<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While nearly every Crown Jewel from 2025 was sourced specifically for the program in limited volumes, the two exceptions to that rule are included in our volume category, and were available simultaneously in full size bags as well as Crown Jewels. Other than those outliers, we went big in the final quarter of the year on co-ferments from Edwin Nore\u00f1a. Even more of those selections will be following in the footsteps in the first quarter of 2026.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975576\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Carbonic Honey Green Apple Co-Ferment Edwin Nore\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 1310kg<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975569\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Carbonic Honey Peach Co-Ferment Edwin Nore\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 1310kg<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975585\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Carbonic Natural Raspberry Co-Ferment Edwin Nore\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 1240kg<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000038303294\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rwanda Cyiya Murundo Washed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 900kg (Crown Jewel volume only)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000040611015\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sulawesi Organic Bolokan Sulotco Jaya Abadi Natural<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 900kg (Crown Jewel volume only)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Most Expensive<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Max Nicholas-Fulmer (CEO) tried to set a record with his Yemen purchase, an extraordinary coffee worth every penny and steeped so deeply in the history of Royal drinking it is practically like osmosis from a textbook. But Chris Kornman (director of education) &amp; Charlie Habegger (sourcing and procurement) won the dubious distinction of least discrete coffee buyers this year with the tiny quantity of Galo Morale\u2019s Gesha. Morales\u2019 coffee also claims the number four spot, while Edwin Norena\u2019s coferments grab the rest of the top five.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000039543036\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ecuador Pichincha Galo Morales Washed Gesha<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 $33.79<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048158037\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yemen Anaerobic Natural Sharqi Haraz Cooperative<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 $31.17<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048158058\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Inoculated Carbonic Honey Gesha Edwin Nore\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 $22.24<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000039543029\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ecuador Pichincha Galo Morales Washed Sidra<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 $21.89<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4-way Tie Colombia Coferments <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975576\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Apple<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975569\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Peach<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048975585\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Raspberry<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048158026\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cascade Hops<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 $19.75<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Rarest Cultivar\/Variety Selections<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Defining rarity in this regard can be a bit difficult to tabulate, we didn\u2019t actually go out and count the number of trees in the field, but this is roughly based on availability in the market, difficulty to grow, and distinguished regionally (as in the Tanzania \u201cSimba\u201d Ethiopia landrace and Honduran SL28 selections, where the cultivars are grown commonly <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">elsewhere<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> but rarely in those regions). The Sudan Rume was also our most limited release of the year, just 170kg went on sale.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000049726074\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">El Salvador Natural Sudan Rume Eduardo Figueroa<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000042943798\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Double Fermented and Washed Java Huila<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000039543029\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ecuador Pichincha Galo Morales Washed Sidra<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000043962237\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tanzania Natural Simba Neel &amp; Kavita Vohora Karatu District<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000045636317\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Honduras Washed SL-28 Marysabel Caballero &amp; Mois\u00e9s Herrera Chinacla Municipality<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Extraordinary Fermentations &amp; Processing Styles<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You are probably expecting Edwin Norena\u2019s co-ferments in this category, too, but we decided to go in a different direction and highlight a few unusual methods from producers and regions <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> world-famous for their innovative methods; such as the uncommon Rue conferment from Ethiopia, the inoculated Bali, or the first ever anaerobic natural coffee we imported from Ichamama cooperative in Kenya.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000045814006\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ethiopia Anaerobic Natural Rue Co-ferment Banko Chelchele<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000046004029\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Costa Rica Anaerobic Washed Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Morera San Rafael de San Ram\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000047734291\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ethiopia Carbonic Maceraton Guji<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000045636348\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kenya Anaerobic Natural Ichamama Factory Othaya Town<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000039808054\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bali Batukaang Karana Inoculated Anaerobic Natural<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Crown Jewels \u2013 Legacy Relationships<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris has known Kavita and Neel Vohora in Tanzania since 2008 or so, and has bought their coffees nearly every intervening year; they\u2019ve been a perennial supplier to Royal since 2017. Desta Gola represents membership in a cooperative whose single-farmer distinctive lots have been in Royal\u2019s books for over a decade, and Desta Gola alone has supplied Crown Jewel coffees for five consecutive years. Rwanda\u2019s Kivubelt, run by Furaha Umwizeye and her team, has been on Chris\u2019s radar since 2013 and are repeat Crown Jewel members. Juliana Guevarra and Wbeimar Lasso\u2019s Gesha keeps making its way onto our menu (including from two distinct harvests in 2025 alone). And the Anaerobic Yemen, supplied by Pearl of Tehama, represents one of Royal\u2019s longest standing relationships anywhere in the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000048158037\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yemen Anaerobic Natural Sharqi Haraz Cooperative<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000045636339\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ethiopia Organic Double Washed Desta Gola Gorbota Village<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000043962219\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tanzania Washed Gesha Neel &amp; Kavita Vohora Karatu District<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000038303294\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rwanda Cyiya Murundo Washed<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/product\/3427097000047174010\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colombia Washed Gesha Juliana Guevara &amp; Wbeimar Lasso<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0Which was your top Crown Jewel of 2025?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than two dozen Crown Jewels released in 2025, narrowing down a \u201ctop five\u201d was impossible, so we didn\u2019t. Instead, we ranked this year\u2019s standouts by cup score, rarity, volume, processing innovation, and legacy relationships. The result is a snapshot of the coffees that defined our year and the producers behind them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1068,"featured_media":162927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10031],"tags":[3083],"class_list":["post-223873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crown-jewels","tag-crown-jewels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1068"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223878,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223873\/revisions\/223878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}