News — Timor Leste coffee

October is an important month for coffee. As you might have seen 1st October was International Coffee Day and this year’s theme is ‘Embracing Collaboration’ because of course our favourite brew is the result of wide collaboration, often unseen, among numerous actors across the global value chain, all working together to bring us that perfect cup, every day. We made a quick list of all the people who make our daily coffee possible: Coffee Farmer Coffee Farm Workers Coffee Processors Fermenters and Dryers Graders Cooperatives Buyers Green Bean Exporters and Importers Traders & Brokers Distributors Roasters (AKA William) Quality Control...

Where is Timor coffee grown? Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is a small country located in Southeast Asia, known for its unique and flavourful coffee. Coffee production is one of the primary agricultural activities in Timor-Leste and has significant cultural and economic importance to the country. This is a country struggling to develop the coffee industry after years of neglect due to the fight for independence from Indonesia. 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...