Coffee region guide

Ermera

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A Timorese highland coffee origin encompassing smaller areas such as Letefoho and Ducurai, with farmer-group lots.

Place and growing environment

Rugged inland highlands include Ducurai farms that manage older coffee trees under Casuarina shade.

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Grown varieties

Timor Hybrid · Typica · Catimor · Sarchimor

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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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.

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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.

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A rust-resistance breeding group with Villa Sarchi parentage.

Lineage: Traces to H361, a CIFC cross of Timor Hybrid 832/2 and Villa Sarchi.
Traits: Breeding combined rust resistance with compact stature for denser planting.

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