Suke Quto, Espresso from Ethiopia

Suke Quto, Kaffee Info

How we prepare the coffee

The first roasts have left the coffee house. For our recipe, we like to let the coffee degas for at least a week, so it's still too fresh at the moment. You'll find the recipe here in approximately 1-2 weeks.

Why does the coffee taste the way it does?

Suke Quto is located in the Odo Shakisso district at 1,800 to 2,000 meters, on volcanic soil. Harvesting takes place from November to January. Processed as a natural, the cherries dry whole and are only hulled afterwards, which brings dark fruit notes and plenty of sweetness to the cup. The beans come from Ethiopian landraces, a blend of local varieties that are not individually classified. The coffee was decaffeinated by Swiss Water: in the Swiss Water Process, caffeine is extracted from the green bean using water, without chemical solvents.

Why did we buy this coffee?

Tesfaye Bekele grew up in a coffee family and worked in the environmental sector of the Ethiopian government in the 1990s. After several devastating forest fires in Guji, he committed himself to reforestation and returned to coffee in the process: he wanted to encourage the farmers of the region to invest in coffee again. Because coffee only yields returns after many years, interest remained small. Bekele quit his job and farmed a plot himself. This led to the creation of the Suke Quto Farm and the washing station, which today processes coffee from 171 farmers in the region. Swiss Water has been working with him for some time and purchased this coffee together with importer Trabocca.

How do we roast this coffee?

As a 25 kg batch, we roast this Kaffeemacher in just over 14 minutes. We do a soak of 30 seconds, so we apply no heat at the beginning. This is how we roast our decaffeinated coffees because their cell structure becomes more porous due to the decaffeination process.

Shipping also possible via coffee letter

All our coffees can be ordered in the form of the coffee letter. It is treated like a regular letter and lands in your mailbox. This reduces postage.