East Timor Ermera

The quality of Timor beans has been improving year after year, and it's to the point where there are some cool undertones in the various microlots being sold now. This one is from Ermera growing region. This batch is from a particular village called Sabelo and is pretty special and complex -- very well sorted and top notch quality. 

We sometimes roast Timor coffee extremely dark like an Italian roast, but this one is a fully-washed process bean as opposed to being wet-hulled, and it does NOT hold up well in very dark roasts.

But in a Full City+ roast (a few snaps of 2nd cracks) it has a clean taste, sweetness, caramel hard candy, green apple, acidity, no earthy aftertaste. The full rich-bodied Indonesian flavor. It's easy to roast.

Take it 20 seconds into the 2nd cracks to get a more traditional Indonesian profile -- no acidity, less complexity, but still a nice caramel apple sweetness to it, albeit rather boring and plain.

For our customers, we are actually roasting it just barely into the 2nd cracks. This gives us a medium-dark Indonesian with slight fruit, lots of caramel sweetness, full bodied flavor, and clean aftertaste. 

This particular group of farmers are certified organic.

US Arrival January 2025