full bodied, low acidity with very cool darker toned complexity. At medium to dark roast, it’s sweetness and promotes the smooth and more creamy features, compliments those strong chocolaty/molasses and smoky tones. At medium light roast, carry black tea tone with dried fried acidity.
A very tasty aggregate production (co-op called CCT) coffee coming from the Letefoho sub-district of the Ermera municipality in Timor.
Similar to much of Indonesian, Timor has its own strain of coffee that naturally crossed an Arabica strain with a Robusta strain creating a wonderful hybrid that has now been used around the world. Although this happened naturally in Timor, the idea behind this is currently saving the coffee industry. As climate continues to change and world trade keeps expanding, coffee has been getting hit with a lot of disease and pests that Arabica plants are susceptible to but Robusta is not. These hybrid strains have been keeping the farms alive and over the years and they have really dialed in a unique and tasty cup with the strain over the years.
CCT Co-op has organized producers to achieve organic certification and to establish best farm management practices. CCT has also provided quality control training with the help of international development aid and increasing premiums from specialty coffee. Producers have also been able to make improvements to processing infrastructure, including the addition of drying structures that have greatly improved their ability to consistently meet quality standards for moisture content and water activity.
- Origin: Timor Leste
- Region: Letefoho, Ermera District
- Producer: CCT Co-op
- Cultivar: Timor hybrid
- Processing: Washed
- Certificate: USDA Organic