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Discovery · Identity design

Royal Coffee has been importing green coffee for over 40 years. They’ve built deep relationships with producers around the world and a reputation for quality that roasters trust. We worked with them on a logo refresh and a new website that could hold the depth of what they do.

Royal Coffee crown jewel lineup, showing the new logo on their boxes
Royal Coffee box that has the new crown we designed
Royal Coffee green coffee beans

The original logo had been in use for decades, but the source files were long gone. We worked from what existed, studying the letterforms closely to understand what made them feel like Royal. The goal wasn’t to start over but to restore and refine.

The refreshed logo breathes a little easier. The letterforms are more balanced and work better across digital and print, but it still feels like the same brand. Evolution, not revolution.

Royal Coffee logo before and after versions
Royal Coffee website offerings page shows nicely on an iPad

Royal’s offerings are deep and detailed. Each coffee comes with origin information, processing methods, flavor notes, and context about the producer. The site needed to make all of that accessible without overwhelming buyers.

We designed the Offerings section to invite exploration. You can search with purpose or browse and discover something new. Either way, the information is there when you want it.

In their words

Richard Sandlin, Director of Business DevelopmentRoyal Coffee

Royal Coffee website showing coffee details

The site also supports Royal’s Crown Jewel program and The Crown, their lab and tasting room in Oakland. It’s a platform built to grow with them as they keep shaping what specialty coffee importing looks like.

Royal Coffee coffee flavors shown in a unique way on iPhone
Royal Coffee crown jewel box featuring the new logo
Royal Coffee website with a photo of coffee

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More about Royal Coffee

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  2. Unpacking a Royal Holiday
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