You are buying 5 pounds of Green (un-roasted) coffee beans.  This auction is for:

 East Timor Aifu Goulala Certified Organic – Full Washed

East (Liste) Timor is struggling to build it's economy and regain some sense of normalcy after the bloody decade of the 1990's when it fought for independence from Indonesia.  As you'd expect, during that period, coffee production declined, and what was grown was poorly processed and even then rarely available.  Since independence, there was a remarkable turnaround in Timor coffees.  Unfortunately, the bloody rioting in 2007 proved a major setback for a country where nearly one-third of the population works directly for, or in support of, the coffee industry.   The 2007 crop was lost.  In fact it has been many years  any Timor coffee has been available.

New processing facilities insure quality, and the coffee we are able to get is very good.  We particularly like the fact that it is organic (good for the planet) and Fair Trade (good for the people who grow it--heaven knows they need it!)  It is very much a "feel good" coffee.  By purchasing Timor coffee, you are not only getting a very, very nice cup, you are helping lives in a tiny little country beset with problems.

One coffee expert called Timor coffees the "quientessential House coffee", meaning that it would find acceptance with a wide audience.  It is really quite pleasant, and not overpowering.  Ermera is a district southwest of the capital, Dili.  Along with Aifu and Maubesse, it is one of the major coffee producing areas of the country.  Our Organic Fair Trade Ermera represents the best in typical Malay Archipelago small holder coffees--it's low-keyed acidity, sweetly pungent flavor, and subtle Dutch cocoa tones provide a cup which is smooth, well rounded, and promising--not only to you but to the small coffee farms of Timor.

On the tiny island of Timor, over seven thousand small farmers work to provide Organic Timor Fair-Trade Coffee. The island is split in two, with Indonesia claiming the west side and East Timor, a small independent nation, inhabiting the rest. Gourmet coffee from Timor is unique because virtually all of the farmers grow organic coffee. However, since the coffee is grown on small farms, the farmers have banded together into 16 cooperatives and 494 small-scale farmer groups to improve their production capacity. This way, they can work together to operate the mills necessary to wet-process the small, greenish-yellow coffee beans.

Process:  Fully washed and sundried

Area:    Ermera Region, Goulala Village

Altitude:    1200 - 1400 meters

Varietal:    Arabica Grade: Alfu FW, Tim-Tim

Harvest:    2017

Arrived:     July 20, 2017

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