The people of rugged mountainous district of Ermera in Timor-Leste refer to themselves as ‘Cafe Oan’ - tetum for ‘children of coffee’.

Wherever you go as a visitor you are welcomed and served coffee. In fact its fair to say Timor-Leste is a coffee nation.

Richard in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney had an important question to ask this morning before finalising his purchase decision: is Timor Mountain fair trade certified?