Stoked to bring you this season’s finest from East Timor (Timor-Leste). After 6 years of working with Karst Organics, this is always a favourite time for the team.

Timor-Leste is a young nation with a long, complex history. After centuries of colonisation and occupation, the country regained independence in 2002 and is now rebuilding its place in the world. Coffee has played a central role in that journey — and today, farmers are working to restore their coffee forests and establish Timor-Leste as an exciting speciality coffee origin.

Coffee here is grown organically beneath native shade trees using traditional methods passed down through generations. With little industrial development, natural fertilisers and careful farming practices remain the norm, creating coffees that are both environmentally sustainable and full of character in the cup.

The Rotutu Cooperative in Letefoho is part of this new chapter. Since 2017, farmers have worked in partnership with Karst to improve quality and secure better prices through a cherry purchasing model that rewards careful picking and consistency. The result is stronger incomes for farmers and a clearer path forward for the community.

This coffee reflects that progress — it’s so so sweet, balanced with a red apple brightness. By choosing it, you’re helping put a new speciality origin firmly on the map while supporting long-term opportunity at origin.