Assembly Coffee - Timor-Leste, Atsabe Natural

Taste Notes: Blackberry, Strawberry, Juicy.

Producer — Astabe smallholders
Region — Atsabe, Ermera, central Timor-Leste
Varietals — Hibrido de Timor, Moka, Typica
Terroir — 1600 masl, temperate tropical climate
Process — Natural

Recommended brewing
Best: Pour over with the Orea Brewer V3
Great: Filter (batch brew, French Press, Chemex)
Very good: Espresso

Atsabe
Twenty-two years since its sovereignty, Timor-Leste is one of the world's youngest countries. As it matures, the development of its agriculture sector has become a key foundation for economic stability. And, with its natural reserves of oil drying up, coffee will become the country's most important export in the very near future.

Already, 37% of Timor-Leste's households are reliant on coffee for income. Since 2018, green coffee exporters Raw Material have invested significantly in the country's coffee growing infrastructure.

A number of washing stations have been constructed to support often-isolated coffee growing communities, including smallholders across the Ermera subregion of Atsabe. This lot has been collected from the Malabe and Raimutin stations - both of which process coffees from small villages in Ermera.

In the cup this coffee wonderfully smooth and full of rich fruit flavours. It will shine brewed as filter and as espresso. Enjoy.