FLoral & sweet, with notes of dragonfruit and vanilla with a biscuity, milk chocolate finish.
Eratoi, Timor Leste
Floral & sweet, with notes of dragonfruit and vanilla with a biscuity, milk chocolate finish
- Origin:
- Timor Leste
- Elevation:
- 1800 masl
- Region:
- Eratoi, Letefoho
- Producer:
- 24 smallholders led by Led by Simao Pedro de Deus
- Variety:
- Timor Hybrid, Typica
- Process:
- Washed, dried on raised beds
About this coffee
Situated in South East Asia with Australia to the South, Timor-Leste holds the unenviable accolade of being one of the few countries in the world to have been both colonised and annexed; colonised by Portugal from 1600s to 1975 and annexed by Indonesia from 1975 to 1999. Having finally gained independence in 2002, Timor-Leste is the world’s second youngest nation state and still finding its feet in the geo-political world of the 21st century. Coffee was introduced to the island by the Portuguese and went on to become the country’s leading export by the 1900s, however the industry suffered greatly during the years of Indonesian annexation when the sector was largely ignored.
Fast forward to the present day and you will see that the coffee farmers of Timor-Leste are working hard to collectively carve out a place for Timorese coffee in the global speciality coffee market.
Timorese coffee is truly wild and organically grown underneath the imposing shade trees that dominate the landscape. With time old traditions in processing coffee, passed on from generation to generation, coffee is helping to build up more opportunities for Timorese people to create a consistent and sustainable income from which to support and provide for their families and the local community.
The village of Eratoi is located at an altitude of 1800masl, an ideal height at which to cultivate and process coffee. Led by Simao Pedro de Deus, this group has steadily grown and now consists of 24 smallholder farmers who all have extensive experience in quality coffee processing and consistently produce some of the finest quality speciality coffee in East Timor.
Transparency
Parchment price: US$2.90/kg
Total green price after processing, packing: US$4.76/kg
Shipping, export, import: £0.47/kg
Total UK landed: £4.00/kg
Price paid by us: £6.50/kg
Qty purchased: 120kg
Purchased through Karst Organics
Transparency data provided to us by Karst Organics. 100% of their sales revenue is reinvested back into Timor Leste through the purchase of coffee and investment in the local community.