Ethiopia Suke Quto Washed

Producer: Tesfaye Bekele

Farm: Suke Quto

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Guji

Process: Washed

Varieties: Ethiopia landrace

MASL: 1,800–2,200 MASL

Tasting notes: Peach iced tea, lemon

Coffee in the Guji Zone would be dramatically different without the Suke Quto Farm. Ato Tesfaye Bekele is one of the pioneers that helped bring Guji specialty coffees to the main stage. Tesfaye started Suke Quto after Guji was devastated by several large bushfires between 1997 and 1999. After the fires, most locals wanted to keep the area as fields for growing crops and grazing cattle, but Tesfaye had a different idea, planting coffe and construct a washing station which become famous on coming days.

如果沒有Farm Suke Quto，Guji產區的咖啡風貌將會截然不同。Mr. Tesfaye Bekele是Guji的精品咖啡走向國際舞台的先驅之一。 1997年至1999年間，古吉遭受數場大型森林大火的重創，Tesfaye正是在這場災難之後創辦了Farm Suke Quto。火災過後，大多數當地人希望將這片土地保留為農田，用於種植作物和放牧牛羊，但Tesfaye卻打算種植咖啡及興建日後享負盛名的水洗處理站。