Suke Quto

Overview This offering represents one of our longest green buying relationships. We’ve been consistently purchasing from Suke Quto every season since 2013! Nestled in the highlands of the Odo Shakiso woreda, the Suke Quto Farm is a totally wild, organic treasure chest of regional landraces.  These old varieties, Kurume and Wolisho, were originally selected from the forest and have been propagated for decades throughout Gedeo and Guji.  Overseeing the entire operation is Tesfaye Bekele -  an agronomist, horticulture specialist, environmentalist, and visionary.  Check out the story of Guji coffee to learn more about Tesfaye’s pioneering role in establishing coffee production in the Guji region.    In 1998, a massive wildfire destroyed nearly 5,000 acres of land throughout Odo Shakiso and three other nearby woredas.  Out of a desire to preserve the forest and save it from transforming into a new mining operation, Tesfaye took it upon himself to distribute coffee and shade tree seedlings t