Good morning and welcome back to the second to last day of the WBB Advent! HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE EVE!!!!

Again we have a roaster that's been here before, ran by some lovely friends of mine, of course its Blue Hour.

Read all about the previous coffee and learn about Blue Hour Coffee here

Today we have their Timor Leste

Info:

Remagoa’s isolated location means that selling coffee has historically been a monumental effort. Prior to working with Karst, farmers would harvest their cherries daily and then make the 2km hike through dense forests where they would wait at the side of the road for the first passing truck who would often only buy at the lowest commercial price (at that time $0.32c per kilo). So, in 2022 when Karst were approached by Maritu de Deus on behalf of his father-in-law Fernando (now the lead farmer of Remagoa) who was enquiring about our parchment buying model, Karst jumped at the opportunity to work together.

The daily hike to the nearest road waiting for commercial buyers was eradicated. With a small financial investment from Karst for the provision of materials, alongside the delivery of training sessions in the processing of speciality parchment, the community of Remagoa is now thriving. 3 years into this partnership, trust and confidence has been established between Karst and this group of 8 dedicated coffee farmers.

It is still the case that parchment needs to be collected on horseback and transported through the forest for collection at the end of the harvest but at least this now only takes place once a year

Origin: Remagoa, Letefoho, East Timor

Producer Group: Remogoa Cooperative (8 farmers)

Altitude: 1850 masl

Varietal: Typica, Timor Hybrid

Process: Washed

Importer: Karst Organics

Tastes: Blackcurrant, Green Apple & Milk Chocolate

Let's Brew

For all coffees when tasting I used a 18g/225g recipe, which I feel really brought out the best in so many of the coffees I picked for the calendar (if you have a physical WBB advent, you have 22.2g (of course I had to include angel numbers) to play around with)

If you want another recipe recommendation for this coffee, Blue Hour recommend: 16g/250g

This coffee is super light and juicy, with definite hints of fresh cut apple, my gut immediately said royal gala apple, but potentially that's a bit too niche. As it cooled, those apple notes diminished a bit and turned into a delightful chocolatey cup, a real delight. 

You can try this coffee for yourself here

See you tomorrow for the final day of the WBB Advent!!! 

WBB x