REMAGOA

Being located in the most easterly part of the sub-district of Letefoho, Remagoa is one of Timor-Leste’s most remote locations for producing coffee. Situated at a height of 1,850masl, there is no road access direct into this community and so the members of this group are required to not only hike to harvest and process their coffee, but also when we collect their parchment, it then needs to be carried either on horseback or the farmer’s shoulders, to the nearest road so it can then be delivered to our warehouse.

We first began our partnership in 2022 when the lead farmer – Maritu, who has family who are members of another one of our groups – Tau-Rema, asked whether we would be able to give him and his family the opportunity to process and promote the delicious coffee which comes from this spectacular location. Due to its remote location, there was little opportunity for these farmers to sell anything other than their freshly harvested cherries which would require a 2km hike through the dense coffee forests to the closest main road to sell to the first passing truck, meaning that they often only received the lowest commercial price for their cherry.