Roasting Small Batch Speciality Coffee on the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall
Roaster’s choice
Rotutu Cooperative,
East Timor
Typica, Timor Hybrid
Natural, African Drying Bed
lemon | tropical fruits | jammy
This coffee was processed under Maun Simao Pedro de Deus (Karst’s Field Manager) at the Daurfusu facility. Fresh cherries from households were floated to remove defects, then put into an Ecotact bag to ferment for 12 hours. After fermenting, the cherries were dried on African beds under polytunnels. The team moved them regularly for even drying: thinly for the first 7 days until moisture fell to about 35%, then in thicker layers to dry more slowly. Cooler, cloudy afternoons in 2025 extended the drying to 34 days.
Timor-Leste, a tropical island ~1,000 miles east of Bali with green mountains and blue seas, has a turbulent history. A Portuguese colony (1600s–1975), then annexed by Indonesia until 1999, it became independent in 2002 and is still finding its place. The Portuguese introduced coffee—by 1900 it was the main export but declined under Indonesian rule. Today farmers are rebuilding coffee forests and aiming for the global specialty market.
East Timorese coffee is grown organically under large shade trees like Ai-Kakeu (Casuarina) and Ai-Samtuku (Albizia) in the mountains.
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Origin - Timor Leste
Process - Organic + Natural
Tasting notes - Lemon | tropical fruits | jammy
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This coffee was processed under Maun Simao Pedro de Deus (Karst’s Field Manager) at the Daurfusu facility.
The coffee is grown organically under large shade trees like Ai-Kakeu (Casuarina) and Ai-Samtuku (Albizia) high in the mountains.
small batch & expertly roasted
At Lars & Margo, our coffee tastes great because our farmers genuinely care for their plants and equally their environment.
Following that we give the beans plenty of attention at the Lars & Margo Roastery—we roast by hand, keeping things light to medium so the real flavours in every bean can shine through. The end result? A seriously great cup of coffee.
We source our green beans, through various UK based green bean merchants, who partner with farmers around the entirety of the coffee belt. Lars & Margo then choose beans not just for their origin, varietal, process or tasting profile, but to ensure fair pay to farmers, fresh ideas are supported and there is a drive towards inclusivity and gender equality with further support going to local communities.
As a family business, we enjoy meeting new faces and share what we do. If you’re in Cornwall you wont have to travel far to find a local spot serving or stocking our freshly roasted beans, so a great cup of coffee is never far away.
We take our time with every batch—hand roasting the beans and packing them up with care.
refill
Passing by or living locally on the Rame Peninsula? Why not swing by our Roastery? Simply, grab a bag or two or bring your own container (10% discount) and if you don’t have a grinder at home we will grind the beans for you there and then.
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Our love and gratitude to everyone who has offered their support and kindness in order for us to create something we are incredibly proud of…and especially our beautiful three and their amazing partners…Jack, Saskia, Will, Phbz, Biz and Tom 🤍🤍🤍…and our two little four-legged…Alfred and Alice.
