Shade-grown arabica from Ermera and Letefoho, organic mostly by default, and the Hibrido de Timor that once saved the world's coffee.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Coffee is the country's leading non-oil export, its best agritourism product and a story with genuine global significance.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1Hibrido de Timor: the accident that saved coffee
A natural arabica-robusta cross found here that carried leaf-rust resistance worldwide.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2Growing coffee on a mountain
Shade, altitude, harvest by hand, and farms without inputs.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3From cherry to cup
Wet and dry processing, drying beds, milling and export.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4The price of a kilo
Farmgate price, cooperatives, middlemen and what specialty could change.
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
We use cookies
Essential cookies keep the site working; optional analytics help us improve it.
Essential cookies keep the site working. Optional analytics cookies help us understand which stays and tours people are searching for, so we can show them first. You can change your choice any time in the footer.
Stays of Timor
Get the App
Scan the QR code with your phone camera to download our Android app. Book stays, discover Timor-Leste and more — all from your pocket.
