NOTES: BLACKCURRANTS, VANILLA BEAN, NECTARINE, DRIED APRICOTS AND BITTERSWEET COCOA.

The 37 farmers in Daurfusu Farmer Group focus on picking only ripe cherry and processing it with immense care. The end product is a high-quality washed coffee from a small producer group in Timor-Leste. The group is led by Simiao Pedro de Deus, who also works as lead field officer coordinating cherry delivery to the Lutlala processing station. Simiao is a highly respected figure in the community and a skilled producer. In 2019 he placed in the top-10 in a best of harvest Timor competition. He also acts as a lead farmer, educating others on best practices, and as a quality officer who checks for high quality and consistency among smallholder-produced parchment.

For the 37 members of the Daurfusu group and their households, coffee is the primary source of income. Some families supplement their income by selling vegetables such as beans, corn, garlic or greens locally.

This village lot is composed of various small lots, each processed separately on the producers’ own farms. Each family selectively handpicks their own cherry and uses a traditional, locally-produced pulper made from gum-wood and hammered tin to pulp the cherry. Parchment and remaining mucilage is dried on tarps and is raked frequently to ensure even drying.

Once parchment is dried, producers deliver it to Lutlala washing station, where Simiao and other station workers evaluate and aggregate incoming parchment from Daurfusu Farmer Group producers.