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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ethiopia - Suke Quto, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia - Suke Quto; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia - Suke Quto; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia - Suke Quto; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Guji

Ethiopia - Suke Quto

Roasted by Partners CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaGujiKurumeWolishoWashedLight roastPeachApricotLimeBergamotOrangeCaramelArabicaSingle origin
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedLight roast
Brand
Partners Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Guji
Town
Odo Shakisso
Farm / Station
Suke Quto Farm
Farmer / Producer
Tesfaye Bekele
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Kurume & Wolisho
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
yellow peach, apricot, lime, bergamot, orange blossom, toasted coconut, caramel syrup
Fermentation
Depulped coffee is submerged in water for 60–72 hours, until the parchment loses its slippery texture.
Drying
Raised drying platforms for no more than 13 days, covered with mesh during the strongest sun
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • harvestThe current exact-release page does not publish a harvest date or crop year.
  • variety proportionsKurume and Wolisho are confirmed, but their proportions are not disclosed.
  • roast dateA bag-specific roast date is not published on the product page.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Ethiopia - Suke Quto
  2. 02
    The brand
    Partners Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Partners Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Kurume & Wolisho
  5. 05
    The farm
    Suke Quto Farm
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Tesfaye Bekele
  7. 07
    The region
    Guji
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

Tesfaye Bekele left Ethiopia’s forestry service to demonstrate that shade-grown coffee could restore wildfire-damaged forest while supporting local livelihoods. Suke Quto now includes two farm plots, two processing stations, a seedling nursery, nearly 300 outgrowers, and a dry mill in Addis Ababa.

From the roaster

Partners Coffee is a Brooklyn-based roaster established in 2012 that focuses on building direct, long-term relationships with producers to provide approachable and high-quality specialty coffee.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Suke Quto is a 742-hectare conservation-centered farm and Partners Coffee’s longest-running Ethiopian farm relationship. The exact release won a 2026 Good Food Award.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Midday hand-picking

Ripe fruit is hand-picked during midday hours, when branches are more supple.

02
Depulping and submerged fermentation

Depulped coffee ferments underwater for 60–72 hours.

03
Washing

Fermentation ends when the parchment loses its slippery texture, then the coffee is washed.

04
Raised-bed drying

Parchment dries on raised platforms for up to 13 days and is covered with mesh during peak sun.

What was added?

Nothing disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring, or inoculated culture is disclosed.

Why it matters

The traditional washed process emphasizes Guji’s floral, citrus, and stone-fruit character.

What you might taste

Yellow peach, apricot, lime, bergamot, orange blossom, toasted coconut, and caramel syrup.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.partnerscoffee.com/products/ethiopia-suke-quto
  • · https://www.partnerscoffee.com/blogs/education/ethiopia-suke-quto-2026
  • · https://www.partnerscoffee.com/blogs/education/2026-good-food-awards
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-25) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Suke Quto Farm →Meet the farmer: Tesfaye Bekele →
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