Ethiopia Suke Quto Organic | 12oz bag of whole bean coffee | Equator Coffees

Ethiopia Suke Quto Organic

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Lively & fruity, this coffee is everything we love about the classic taste of washed-process coffees from Ethiopia, given the optimal light roast.

Owned & operated by Tesfaye Bekele, Suke Quto is a force for good in the highlands of Guji, upholding strict farming practices to maintain both organic and Rainforest Alliance certifications in their near 550 acres of land.

Size

cecom-special

12oz

save 15% per oz

2lb

Flavor Profile

Origin
Guji Zone, Ethiopia
Tasting Notes
Lively and fruity with notes candied orange peel, cherry blossom, and tropical fruit.
Roast Level

Light Med Lt Med Med Dark Dark

Origin Story

Tesfaye Bekele

Suke Quto coffee farm is owned and operated by Ato Tesfaye Bekele, one of the people that helped to put the Guji region on the specialty coffee map. At nearly 550 acres, Suke Quto coffee farm, washing station and dry mill have become a force in the highlands of Guji. Suke Quto works with 171 neighboring farmers that deliver coffee cherries to the mill. Over 200 seasonal workers are employed to harvest and process the coffee. Their focus is on the production of environmentally friendly coffee in an economic manner that benefits the community. The goal is to help people earn a living income from sustainable coffee production.

Altitude

5,900-7,200 feet

Variety

Kurume, Welicho

Processing

Washed

Why We Love This Coffee

We are pleased to be offering coffee from Suke Quto for the sixth year in a row. Tesfaye has been very intentional about planting Kurume and Welicho coffee varieties in Suke Quto’s seedling nursery. In his opinion these two popular Ethiopian varieties are better together than as separated lots, and our team would have to agree, as we always enjoy tasting coffee from Suke Quto.

Ted, Equator’s Director of Coffee, visited Suke Quto in December 2025 and remarked at the natural beauty of the farm. Farm management is minimal intervention. Fallen trees are not removed, instead they are allowed to decompose and return nutrients to the soil, coffee trees are only stumped every 10 years with no other pruning. Ted commented “this is the most beautiful farm I’ve been to…the lush, mature canopy felt like walking through a forest.”

Certified Organic
Sustainably Sourced

Good Coffee, Better Planet

Tesfaye comes from a coffee-producing family but started his working career in the Ethiopian government’s Natural Resource and Environmental Protection department. The Guji region suffered from large wildfires in the late 1990s that destroyed thousands of acres of forestland. As a responsible government official, Tesfaye worked to provide an alternative to intensive crops like maize and tef, with the idea of replanting the forests with indigenous flora, including coffee. The local community agreed to the proposal but when they found out it could take 4-5 years before the plants would yield fruit, they lost interest. He could not even find people to manage the seedling nursery, so he resigned from his government position to focus on coffee farming. Once he began harvesting coffee the community returned to inquire about seedlings.

Strict farming practices are practiced on Suke Quto, and the operation holds both Organic and Rainforest Alliance certifications.

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Ethiopia Suke Quto Organic

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Origin Story

Why We Love This Coffee

Good Coffee, Better Planet

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