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 Kafé Timor

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Kafé Timor

Dessert
⏱ 10 min
👥 Serves 2
Difficulty ⭐

Coffee grown in East Timor's mountain villages, simmered grounds and all and sweetened — the home brew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Coffee is East Timor's biggest export, grown in high mountain villages such as those of Ermera. At home, ground coffee is commonly simmered with water in a pot, and sugar is added once the grounds settle. Guests are served coffee first, with fried bananas or bibinka.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a mountain village in Ermera, East Timor, coffee is poured into tin cups on a veranda against a slope lined with coffee trees.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Bring water to a boil in a pot.

  2. Turn off the heat, add the ground coffee, and stir.

  3. Warm on low for 1–2 minutes.

  4. Turn off the heat and let stand 3 minutes for the grounds to settle.

  5. Pour the clear coffee into cups and add sugar to taste.

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