Timor Co-op Cafe– East Timor
This organic coffee from East Timor is a testament to resilience, community, and deep-rooted tradition. Sourced from family-owned farms organized under the Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT), this coffee represents the work of more than 20,000 small producers across the Ainaro, Ermera, and Lequisa districts. Most farmers cultivate coffee on less than one hectare of land, yet together they produce coffees of remarkable quality and consistency.
 
Coffee first arrived in East Timor over 400 years ago, but widespread leaf rust once devastated production. The introduction of the disease-resistant Híbrido de Timor varietal in the 1900s revived the country’s coffee industry and continues to define it today. Grown in volcanic loam soils at elevations ranging from 800–1600 meters above sea level, this coffee benefits from ideal conditions for steady, healthy growth.
 
Processed fully washed and dried on raised beds, Timor Organic CCT offers a clean, balanced cup with comforting depth and gentle structure—an easygoing coffee that’s equally meaningful as it is enjoyable. Beyond the cup, CCT’s impact is profound: since 2001, its free healthcare initiatives have supported millions of patients through rural clinics, mobile teams, and community health programs.
This is coffee you can feel good about—carefully grown, thoughtfully sourced, and deeply connected to the people behind it.
 
Details
Grower: Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT)
Region: Ainaro, Ermera & Lequisa, East Timor
Altitude: 800–1600 masl
Variety: Híbrido de Timor
Soil: Volcanic loam
Process: Fully washed, dried on raised beds
Harvest: June–October