Regalia Coffee

Regalia Coffee sells its coffee in 10.6 ounce bags. That is 300 grams, a metric weight, and it is the first thing on the label that reads as a decision rather than a default. The Northeast roaster runs 11 active coffees, eight single origins and three blends. Prices at that size start at $23.75 and reach $38.25, with the middle of the range at $27.50, so this is not a cheap shelf even at the bottom of it.

Sourcing runs narrow. Colombia accounts for four of the eight single origins and Ethiopia for three, with Guatemala supplying the last. Seven washed lots, one natural. Building a shelf that way puts the weight on two growing countries and asks the differences between farms and regions inside them to do the work a longer origin list would otherwise do.

Two of the 11 coffees are roasted dark and none are roasted light, which is worth knowing before you order. One coffee is decaf. Blends hold 27 percent of the active catalog, three bags out of 11, which leaves the single origins carrying the rest of the shelf on their own.

Single Origins

Blends

Roast Profile & Flavor Range

Five of the 11 active coffees are roasted medium and four medium-light. Two go dark. Nothing sits at the lightest step of the scale, which means even the brightest bags here have been taken past the point where a roast can read as raw or grassy, while the dark pair gives the catalog a heavier end to fall back on.

Acidity averages medium-high and body medium, so the coffees tend to be brighter than they are weighty. Processing barely varies at all. Seven of the eight single origins are washed and one is natural, with no fermentation experiments in the active lineup. That combination, conservative processing under a middle-of-the-scale roast, points the whole catalog toward clarity rather than novelty. Prices run $23.75 to $38.25 at the 10.6 ounce size.

What Regalia Coffee Coffees Tend to Taste Like

Caramel is the through line. It appears plain, again as caramel apple, and once more as caramelized sweetness, which puts three of the catalog's most common descriptors in one family. Dark chocolate and almond butter sit beside them on the sweet, roasted side.

The fruit is dark and soft rather than sharp. Blackberry and blueberry lead, baked peaches follow, and the general effect is closer to cooked fruit than to anything picked fresh. Black tea is the one note pulling in another direction, drier and more tannic, and it reads as the East African side of the shelf making itself known against all that caramel. Buttery and bright also turn up as flat summary words, which describe how the roaster talks about its coffee rather than a flavor you can point at in the cup.

Why Buy Regalia Coffee

• Two origins, worked deeply: Colombia and Ethiopia supply seven of eight single origins, so the catalog goes deep instead of wide.

• A dark end that exists: Two coffees are roasted dark while nothing is roasted light, giving the range a floor the rest of the shelf leans away from.

• Metric bags, stated plainly: Coffee ships at 300 grams and runs $23.75 to $38.25. CoffeeByMe lists that band next to the 12 ounce prices elsewhere in its US catalog.

• Caramel that keeps returning: Three of the catalog's most frequent notes are caramel in one form or another, sitting next to blackberry and baked peaches.

Is Regalia Coffee Right for You?

Regalia fits a Colombia and Ethiopia drinker. Seven of eight single origins come from those two countries, so someone who already knows they like both profiles will find more depth here than variety. The processing is conservative too. Seven washed lots and one natural means anyone drawn to anaerobic or extended fermentation flavors will not find them on this shelf.

Shoppers hunting Central American or Indonesian coffee should look elsewhere. Guatemala is the only other country here. Bags are 300 grams rather than 12 ounces, slightly less coffee per bag, which is worth factoring in when you compare the price.

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