Timorese grow coffee arabica beans for the export market. The organically grown high quality arabica coffee beans are supplied to Starbucks. Coffees from East Timor are washed and have acidity, though not as pronounced as Latin American coffee. Coffee from East Timor often has an herbal taste quality as well, not bad considering these crops were devastated about a decade ago when Indonesian militia destroyed much of East Timor's coffee industry after the 1999 referendum.