{"product_id":"rotutu-natural","title":"Rotutu Natural","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Rotutu Natural comes from the same 16 smallholder farmers in Letefoho who produce Karst's fully washed Rotutu — but this is a small, separate lot processed naturally, now in its fifth consecutive year. Natural processing is still relatively new to Timor-Leste, where fully washed coffees have long been the norm, but it is gaining traction as the specialty sector develops and knowledge about processing methods becomes more widely shared across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOnly the ripest red cherries are selected, first sorted through a traditional sieve called a pinjera to remove undersized fruit, before being collected from individual households and transported to Karst's processing facility in Daurfusu, where the lot is overseen by field manager Simao Pedro de Deus. The cherries are floated for defects, placed into ecotact bags to ferment for 12 hours, and then laid out on raised drying beds under polytunnels. They are spread thinly for the first seven days until moisture drops to around 35%, then layered more thickly to allow steady, controlled drying from there. The 2025 harvest presented a particular challenge - early afternoon cloud cover extended the drying time to 34 days, significantly longer than previous years. Once dried to 9.5% moisture, the coffee rests for a further six weeks before being transported to Dili for dry processing, grading, and hand sorting ahead of export.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe confidence Karst has in this lot comes directly from seven years of working with the Rotutu community. At $0.85 per kg - the highest farmgate price in Letefoho last year - farmers are incentivised to supply only the best cherry, and that foundation of trust and quality is what makes this small natural lot possible year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karst Organics","offers":[{"title":"0.5kg","offer_id":55505908334968,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-HALF","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"1kg","offer_id":55505908367736,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-1","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"5kg","offer_id":55505908400504,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-5","price":107.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"10kg","offer_id":55505908433272,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-10","price":203.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"20kg","offer_id":55505908466040,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-20","price":389.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"30kg","offer_id":55505908498808,"sku":"ROTUTU-NATURAL-30","price":572.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/3006\/7755\/files\/0-1_af17657d-0dab-4f17-ad8e-24d0206aaf6b.jpg?v=1773837671","url":"https:\/\/greencoffeecollective.com\/en-ch\/products\/rotutu-natural","provider":"Green Coffee Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}