Café Brisa Serena – Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste may be small in scale, but coffee here is central to the livelihoods of 25% of the population. The island is also the birthplace of the Timor Hybrid—a natural cross of robusta and typica identified in the 1920s—whose genetics have influenced coffee varieties worldwide. Isolation has preserved rare typica varieties, producing a cup with purity and diversity reminiscent of Papua New Guinea.

Café Brisa Serena works with over 400 farmers in the Letefoho area, supporting sustainable practices and specialty coffee development. This lot comes from 14 select farmers in Ducurai village. Cherries are handpicked, fermented using shared or personal equipment, dried on raised beds, and carefully sorted.

Why Moonwake chose it:

Sweet, clean, and approachable, this coffee offers notes of cocoa and rounded pear, making it perfect as a comforting black cup or with milk. Timor-Leste remains a largely undiscovered region, but this lot proves its consistent quality and charm.

Flavour Notes: Pear Tart, Milk Chocolate, Brown Sugar

We recommend brewing with beans that are at least two weeks off roast. All beans are roasted to peak flavour at around 8-12 weeks. We have the option to either purchase standard beans (at least 2 weeks but no longer than 6 weeks off roast), or rested beans (at least 7 weeks off roast, no longer than 12). For peak flavour, if you are looking to use immediately, we recommend purchasing the rested beans. If you are adding to your rotation of beans, we recommend purchasing the standard and allowing the beans to naturally rest and mature whilst you rotate through other beans.