Coffee region guide

Aileu

아일레우

A mountainous Timorese origin where smallholder coffee is assembled into regional lots, connected with Orijem Timor's wet mill and producer support.

Place and growing environment

Smallholders in mountain terrain manage older trees and soils, with harvesting and processing training from Kape Diem and local partners.

Washed

Grown varieties

Typica · Catimor · Timor Hybrid

A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.

Lineage: Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
Growing conditions: Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
Traits: Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.

Sources

A group of distinct bred varieties sharing similar parentage.

Lineage: Developed by crossing Caturra with rust-resistant Timor Hybrid lines.
Growing conditions: Successive selection and field trials produced distinct varieties in different countries.

Sources

A natural Arabica–Robusta hybrid lineage that appeared on Timor in the 1920s.

Traits: Rust-resistant selections supplied parent material for subsequent breeding, including Catimors.

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