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Suke Quto

Name: Suke Quto
Brand: Red Bank Coffee Roasters
Price: 12.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£12.00

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Behind the scenes

Delicate, floral and complex, with notes of white peach, rose and oolong.

Origin

Suke Quto Farm, Shakiso, Guji, Oromia
Country

Ethiopia
Altitude

1,800-2,200 MASL
Process

Washed
Variety

Kurume, Welicho
Notes

White Peach, Rose, Oolong

54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
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Suke is back, and tasting better than ever - delicate, floral and complex, with notes of white peach, rose and oolong. This is the kind of coffee that reminds us why we fell in love with coffee in the first place!

This is our fourth season buying coffee from Suke Quto, and it is now firmly established as one of our most loved and keenly-awaited coffees. Located just outside of Shakiso, in Ethiopia's Guji Zone, the Suke Quto farm was set up by Tesfaye Bekele following devastating bushfires in the area.

Before working in coffee, Tesfaye worked for the Ethiopian government’s Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Authority, where he was responsible for the Guji and Borena zone. From 1997 to 1999 Guji was terrorised by large bushfires that destroyed over 5,000 acres of forest. It was Tesfaye’s responsibility to help the area recover from the damage, both economically and environmentally.

In order to conserve the remaining forest, Tesfaye distributed large amounts of coffee and shade-tree seedlings to the local community, but they were disheartened when they learnt that it would take four to five years for the crop to yield cherries, and gave the seedlings back. Disappointed by this, but not defeated, and determined to prove that his idea was the best option for the Guji people, Tesfaye reserved a small piece of land where he started a coffee seedling nursery with government money. He appointed several managers to oversee the nursery, but they too lost heart after years without tangible results.

Unable to find the right people to oversee his project, Tesfaye resigned from his job and became a coffee farmer. After his first harvest, the community returned to Tesfaye and asked him once again to provide the seedlings.

Today the Suke Quto Farm and the Guji region is renowned worldwide for the quality of the coffee it produces. This is something that Tesfaye takes a lot of pride in, because “all the farms you see today in Guji are inspired by the Suke Quto Farm.”

The farm itself is spread over the highlands and valleys of the Odo Shakiso woreda. The volcanic soil is incredibly fertile and benefits from organic recycling through litterfall, and root residue from coffee and shade trees.

In previous years we have purchased lots from the outgrowers who deliver their coffee to Suke Quto for processing. This year we have selected lots that were grown by Tesfaye and his team on the Suke Quto farm itself, comprising fully washed kurume and welicho varieties.

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