Growing area · Timor-Leste

Ermera

Highland municipality of Timor-Leste where smallholders grow shade-grown arabica.

Ermera is a highland municipality where arabica is grown at roughly 1,200 to 1,800 m, together with neighbouring Aileu, mostly by smallholders. A local guide puts the start of its coffee belt at about 900 m and names Letefoho and Atsabe as the main growing areas, with Gleno as the capital.

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    By the mid-1800s Ermera was one of Southeast Asia's most productive coffee regions.

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Elsewhere in Timor-Leste

Sources · 3 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-11. Some details here are less settled than others.
  1. ISO 3166-2:TL subdivisions · ISO 3166-2, tabulated by Wikipedia
  2. Timor-Leste highland coffee plantations · Timor-Leste tourism
  3. Coffee in Timor-Leste: Plantation Tours in Maubisse and Ermera · Rezerva

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