{"product_id":"suke-quto-swiss-water-decaf-coffee-ethiopia","title":"Suke Quto | Natural | Swiss Water® Decaf | Ethiopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWildfires burned through Guji for several years in the nineties. Tesfaye Bekele was born into coffee farming but had taken a detour into government work on the environmental side, and the reforestation effort afterward brought him back to it. He started pushing coffee as the crop to replant with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe government furnished seedlings and even additional land. Farmers still wouldn't bite, because coffee takes years before it pays anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo he resigned his post, took a plot himself, and grew it. That plot became Suke Quto farm and its washing station, which now brings in coffee from 171 outgrowers across Guji.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is his natural, grown in volcanic soil at 1,800 meters and up, decaffeinated by Swiss Water\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e®.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cup leads with blackberry. Black tea underneath it, dry and structured. Chocolate through the middle, red grape on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFruit-forward without going jammy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: Due to decaffeination, this coffee may appear darker on the exterior even when roasted lightly. Exterior color does not always reflect roast development.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOrigin Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProducer: Tesfaye Bekele\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarm: Suke Quto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegion: Shakisso, Guji, Ethiopia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAltitude: 1,800 to 2,000 meters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: Ethiopia Landrace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess: Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecaffeination: Swiss Water\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e® \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest: November to January\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResting Time: 2-4 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRoast Level\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight\/Medium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFlavor Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlackberry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Tea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChocolate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Grape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProcessing Method\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Process\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe coffee is dried in whole cherry with the fruit left on. The sugars in the pulp work into the seed as it dries, which is where the berry depth and the winey grape character come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwiss Water® Decaffeination\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGreen coffee is decaffeinated with water and activated carbon, no added solvent. Caffeine is drawn out into a green coffee extract already saturated with the bean's own soluble compounds, so the flavor stays in the bean while the caffeine leaves. Trace caffeine remains, as it does in all decaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Water\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe farm sits in the Odo Shakisso woreda at 1,800 meters and up, in volcanic soil enriched by organic composting. Water used at the mill is held in purpose-built lagoons so wastewater is managed cleanly rather than running off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You Will Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA natural Ethiopian decaf with real berry depth, not the flat cup decaf usually gets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwiss Water\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e® decaffeinated, water and carbon only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlackberry and red grape up front, black tea and chocolate holding the base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSourced from a farm that grew out of a reforestation effort in Guji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Suke Quto\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mill's wastewater is contained rather than dumped, the soil is fed with compost instead of bought inputs, and he's funded a new school building in the next village. Suke Quto is now known for some of the best coffee coming out of Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eResting Time\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2-4 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frequent Coffee","offers":[{"title":"Whole Beans \/ 8oz","offer_id":50553255657697,"sku":"SR16-08-W","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium \/ 8oz","offer_id":50553255690465,"sku":"SR16-08-M","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine \/ 8oz","offer_id":50553255723233,"sku":"SR16-08-F","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Coarse \/ 8oz","offer_id":50553255756001,"sku":"SR16-08-C","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/5200\/7137\/files\/suke-quto-decaf-coffee-1.jpg?v=1790351956","url":"https:\/\/frequentcoffee.com\/products\/suke-quto-swiss-water-decaf-coffee-ethiopia","provider":"Frequent Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}