DUCURAI
Altitude: 1420 – 1500 masl
Google Earth Co-ordinates: 8°49’40″S 125°26’19″E
| Working together | Since 2018 | Process | Fully-washed |
| Harvest Period | June – July | Packaging | 30kg (Ecotact & Jute) |
| No. of farmers | 16 | Screen Size | 17, 16, 15 |
| Varietal | Typica, Timor Hybrid | What we taste | Orange, Treacle, Syrupy |
With an updated processing facility based in the suku of Ducurai, we felt it only appropriate that our centrally processed fully washed coffee reflect the name of the area from where it has been processed. With this, we opened up the opportunity to purchase cherry from our other members located in close proximity to the facility and have created a wider community offered coffee, which is now referred to as ‘Ducurai’.
The ripe red cherries are supplied by 17 members within the community of Ducurai and are processed at our facility based in Lebululi where the same method is used to process and dry the coffee, as that of the members in our parchment groups.
Karst has maintained our partnerships within the community and there is a mutual understanding that good quality coffee begins most importantly with the quality of the cherries picked off the trees. Cherries were continued to be purchased at the same price as the 2025 harvest; $0.85/kg for ripe red cherries which continued to be higher than the local commercial price which ranged between $0.65 – $0.70/kg.
The 2026 harvest saw yields drop significantly compared to the bumper crop seen in 2025. Thankfully the majority of Karst’s farmers have been conscientious in their activities to rehabilitate and maintain their coffee forests, so their yields were not as dramatically impacted as average yields seen across the region which is estimated at around 40-50% down compared to that of our farmers which saw yields drop by approximately 10-15% only. Karst continues to promote good rehabilitation and maintenance practices to ensure that each of our partner farmers can see the benefits of their hard work and in return, receive a guaranteed price for their coffee which will remain consistent for the foreseeable future.
This centrally processed fully washed coffee continues to highlight our core values of collaboration and trust built on quality and flavour, and relies on Karst and it’s partner farmers to continually evolve and adapt when new opportunities arise.
