Filter- Samaro, Timor Leste - Orange Marmalade - Butterscotch - Dark Chocolate
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About this awesome coffee –
Tastes like: Orange Marmalade, Butterscotch, Dark Chocolate
Mountain:1,500 – 1,600 MASL
Variety: Typica, Timor Hybrid
Process: Washed
Producer: Samaro Cooperative (7 farmers)
Roaster notes: "A delightfully juicy, washed filter, with orange marmalade acidity and a sweet, rounded finish with subtle sweet notes of butterscotch and dark chocolate. We love this coffee's complexity. It works brilliantly as a pour over and Aero Press brew".
Samaro is truly a sacred part of Letefoho, with a long standing history in coffee farming and strong ties that date back to their Animist cultural traditions. As with all coffee farmers in Timor-Leste, Orlando and the other members of the Samaro group grow their coffee underneath the shade of the Ai Kakeu (Casurina) and Ai Samtuku (Albizia) trees. You will often find them inside their coffee plantations not only tending to and harvesting their coffee, but also other crops as part of their main food source.
Our wonderful import partners, Karst Organics have been working closely with Orlando (lead farmer of Samaro) and the other members of the group for 3 years. Samaro’s location being more easterly (when comparing with Cristo Liurai’s location), this community experiences warmer ambient temperatures which in turn results in warmer water during processing. This allowed for more concentrated fermentation which we believe has produced a coffee featuring slightly bolder flavour notes.
Situated in South East Asia with Australia to the South, Timor-Leste holds the unenviable accolade of being one of the few countries in the world to have been both colonised and annexed; colonised by Portugal from 1600s to 1975 and annexed by Indonesia from 1975 to 1999. Having finally gained independence in 2002, Timor-Leste is the world’s second youngest nation state and still finding its feet in the geo-political world of the 21st century. Coffee was introduced to the island by the Portuguese and went on to become the country’s leading export by the 1900s, however the industry suffered greatly during the years of Indonesian annexation when the sector was largely ignored.
Fast forward to the present day and you will see that the coffee farmers of Timor-Leste are working hard to collectively carve out a place for Timorese coffee in the global speciality coffee market.
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 is helping to build up more opportunities for Timorese people to create a consistent and sustainable income from which to support and provide for their families and the local community.
Order 2 or more bags or 1 kilo of coffee for Free local push bike delivery in South East London (check our FAQs for applicable postcodes) otherwise there will be a £1.50 delivery fee. Free UK wide shipping for orders over £30.00 otherwise it'll be £2.95 Royal Mail postage. For every order we receive a tree is planted, thank you.
