TANAT - Suke Quto [Honey] | Ethiopia
Ethiopia — Tesfaye Bekele, Suke Quto Farm, Kurume (Honey)
Tastes Like — 🍑 Apricot • 🌸 Chamomile • 🫐 Pomegranate • 🍊 Tangerine
DETAILS
- Producer: Tesfaye Bekele
- Farm: Suke Quto Farm & Washing Station
- Region: Guji Zone, Odo Shakisso, Ethiopia
- Varietal: Kurume (Ethiopian Landrace)
- Process: Honey
- Altitude: 1,800 MASL+
- Score: 88
- Size: 200g
INTRO
Suke Quto is one of Ethiopia's most celebrated farm and washing stations — a beacon of regenerative, organic agriculture in the Guji Zone. Tesfaye Bekele's Honey-processed Kurume is a beautiful expression of this distinguished terroir: sweet, clean, and full of the delicate stone fruit and floral character that makes Guji coffees so beloved worldwide. Roasted for omni use — equally at home on filter or espresso.
THE PRODUCER
Tesfaye Bekele established Suke Quto in 2000, initially as a response to devastating wildfires that had destroyed thousands of hectares of forest in the Odo Shakisso woreda. Rather than see the land converted to monoculture farming, Tesfaye — then a government environmental scientist — resigned his post and began distributing coffee and shade-tree seedlings to local farmers, pioneering an agroforestry model that has since restored the local forest ecosystem.
Suke Quto has grown to over 221 hectares of certified organic farmland, and Tesfaye works with 171 outgrowers across Guji. His commitment to sustainability extends to purpose-built wastewater lagoons at the mill, and community investment including the construction of a local school building. Suke Quto is consistently regarded as one of the finest coffee farms in Ethiopia.
THE PROCESS
The Honey process at Suke Quto involves:
- 🍒 Selective Picking — Ripe cherries are hand-selected from the forest gardens
- 🔧 Disc Pulping — A disc pulper removes the outer skin whilst retaining most of the mucilage layer
- ☀️ Raised Bed Drying — Beans are dried on African elevated beds for 9–15 days with regular turning
- ✅ Quality Control — Rigorous optical and hand sorting ensures consistency throughout
By leaving most of the mucilage intact during drying, Suke Quto's Honey process produces a cup with exceptional sweetness and complexity whilst preserving the farm's characteristic stone fruit clarity.
THE CUP
Sweet, clean, and deeply expressive — a Guji classic. Ripe apricot and pomegranate fruit are balanced by delicate chamomile florals and a bright tangerine citrus note. The honey processing adds a silky body and honeyed sweetness that make this one of Kawa's most approachable and rewarding offerings.
Flavour Notes
- 🍑 Apricot
- 🌸 Chamomile
- 🫐 Pomegranate
- 🍊 Tangerine
Ethiopia — Tesfaye Bekele, Suke Quto Farm, Kurume (Honey)
Tastes Like — 🍑 Apricot • 🌸 Chamomile • 🫐 Pomegranate • 🍊 Tangerine
DETAILS
- Producer: Tesfaye Bekele
- Farm: Suke Quto Farm & Washing Station
- Region: Guji Zone, Odo Shakisso, Ethiopia
- Varietal: Kurume (Ethiopian Landrace)
- Process: Honey
- Altitude: 1,800 MASL+
- Score: 88
- Size: 200g
INTRO
Suke Quto is one of Ethiopia's most celebrated farm and washing stations — a beacon of regenerative, organic agriculture in the Guji Zone. Tesfaye Bekele's Honey-processed Kurume is a beautiful expression of this distinguished terroir: sweet, clean, and full of the delicate stone fruit and floral character that makes Guji coffees so beloved worldwide. Roasted for omni use — equally at home on filter or espresso.
THE PRODUCER
Tesfaye Bekele established Suke Quto in 2000, initially as a response to devastating wildfires that had destroyed thousands of hectares of forest in the Odo Shakisso woreda. Rather than see the land converted to monoculture farming, Tesfaye — then a government environmental scientist — resigned his post and began distributing coffee and shade-tree seedlings to local farmers, pioneering an agroforestry model that has since restored the local forest ecosystem.
Suke Quto has grown to over 221 hectares of certified organic farmland, and Tesfaye works with 171 outgrowers across Guji. His commitment to sustainability extends to purpose-built wastewater lagoons at the mill, and community investment including the construction of a local school building. Suke Quto is consistently regarded as one of the finest coffee farms in Ethiopia.
THE PROCESS
The Honey process at Suke Quto involves:
- 🍒 Selective Picking — Ripe cherries are hand-selected from the forest gardens
- 🔧 Disc Pulping — A disc pulper removes the outer skin whilst retaining most of the mucilage layer
- ☀️ Raised Bed Drying — Beans are dried on African elevated beds for 9–15 days with regular turning
- ✅ Quality Control — Rigorous optical and hand sorting ensures consistency throughout
By leaving most of the mucilage intact during drying, Suke Quto's Honey process produces a cup with exceptional sweetness and complexity whilst preserving the farm's characteristic stone fruit clarity.
THE CUP
Sweet, clean, and deeply expressive — a Guji classic. Ripe apricot and pomegranate fruit are balanced by delicate chamomile florals and a bright tangerine citrus note. The honey processing adds a silky body and honeyed sweetness that make this one of Kawa's most approachable and rewarding offerings.
Flavour Notes
- 🍑 Apricot
- 🌸 Chamomile
- 🫐 Pomegranate
- 🍊 Tangerine
Original: $24.48
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$8.57Description
Ethiopia — Tesfaye Bekele, Suke Quto Farm, Kurume (Honey)
Tastes Like — 🍑 Apricot • 🌸 Chamomile • 🫐 Pomegranate • 🍊 Tangerine
DETAILS
- Producer: Tesfaye Bekele
- Farm: Suke Quto Farm & Washing Station
- Region: Guji Zone, Odo Shakisso, Ethiopia
- Varietal: Kurume (Ethiopian Landrace)
- Process: Honey
- Altitude: 1,800 MASL+
- Score: 88
- Size: 200g
INTRO
Suke Quto is one of Ethiopia's most celebrated farm and washing stations — a beacon of regenerative, organic agriculture in the Guji Zone. Tesfaye Bekele's Honey-processed Kurume is a beautiful expression of this distinguished terroir: sweet, clean, and full of the delicate stone fruit and floral character that makes Guji coffees so beloved worldwide. Roasted for omni use — equally at home on filter or espresso.
THE PRODUCER
Tesfaye Bekele established Suke Quto in 2000, initially as a response to devastating wildfires that had destroyed thousands of hectares of forest in the Odo Shakisso woreda. Rather than see the land converted to monoculture farming, Tesfaye — then a government environmental scientist — resigned his post and began distributing coffee and shade-tree seedlings to local farmers, pioneering an agroforestry model that has since restored the local forest ecosystem.
Suke Quto has grown to over 221 hectares of certified organic farmland, and Tesfaye works with 171 outgrowers across Guji. His commitment to sustainability extends to purpose-built wastewater lagoons at the mill, and community investment including the construction of a local school building. Suke Quto is consistently regarded as one of the finest coffee farms in Ethiopia.
THE PROCESS
The Honey process at Suke Quto involves:
- 🍒 Selective Picking — Ripe cherries are hand-selected from the forest gardens
- 🔧 Disc Pulping — A disc pulper removes the outer skin whilst retaining most of the mucilage layer
- ☀️ Raised Bed Drying — Beans are dried on African elevated beds for 9–15 days with regular turning
- ✅ Quality Control — Rigorous optical and hand sorting ensures consistency throughout
By leaving most of the mucilage intact during drying, Suke Quto's Honey process produces a cup with exceptional sweetness and complexity whilst preserving the farm's characteristic stone fruit clarity.
THE CUP
Sweet, clean, and deeply expressive — a Guji classic. Ripe apricot and pomegranate fruit are balanced by delicate chamomile florals and a bright tangerine citrus note. The honey processing adds a silky body and honeyed sweetness that make this one of Kawa's most approachable and rewarding offerings.
Flavour Notes
- 🍑 Apricot
- 🌸 Chamomile
- 🫐 Pomegranate
- 🍊 Tangerine
