East Timor Ducurai
I’ve had a lot of requests to carry a Timor coffee (Tee-more). The hybrid of coffee grown in Timor has some robusta strains in it, and while it doesn't hurt the taste of their coffee, it does give it quite a bit of extra caffeine. Actually, 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 is my favorite microlot from East Timor so far, and it is traced back to a particular village called Ducurai in the Ermera growing region. Timor is still relatively inexpensive compared to other Indonesians, and it's a solid Indonesian coffee origin -- several people have told me it is their very favorite, and it's always a great bean for beginners to learn how to roast on. This is a fully washed processed bean, not the wet-hulled process that most Indonesians are. For this reason, it has no earthiness in the flavor, and you can roast it anywhere from very light to very dark. In a lig