Toffee, caramel, cocoa powder, chocolate bread. Balanced cup with sweetness that that feel like coming from Central America.
This coffee is the product of a newly-started coffee cherry buying operation in the Haupu tribal region of Timor Leste. The project was set in motion by Australian native Peter Dougan who developed a fresh farm produce program in East Timor a few years back. He’s since added coffee to the mix, partly as a way to boost farmer’s incomes.
The wet mill set up is called “Lutlala”, also the name of the hamlet within which it located. This lot comes from farms near the village of Lacau in the Ermera District, near the slopes of mount Ramelau. The farms span a range of 1500 – 1700 meters above sea level and you mostly see Timor hybrids and Typica cultivars in this region.
The cup is clean, balanced, acidity soft, and in many ways reminds me of a wet process Central American coffee. The sweet cup character comes off like toffee and caramel in light roasts, marked by a chocolate malted grain flavor and faint lemon accent note. Medium roasts show balanced raw sugar and cocoa powder flavors, cooling to flavors of almond meal and chocolate sweet bread
- Origin – Timor
- Region – Haupu, Letefoho Subdistrict
- Wet Mill – Lutlala
- Altitude – 1500-1700m
- Cultivar – Timor Hybrid, Typica
- Grade – Grade 1
- Process – Wet Process (Washed)