Suke Quto owner Tesfaye Bekele started Suke Quto after a bushfire with the idea to grow and process environmentally-friendly coffee and help to sustain the local community with a consistent income source. His focus on ecological conservation as well as coffee quality make this relationship an inspiring one to be a part of.

Most of the farmers who bring their coffee to Suke Quto cultivate their coffee, grow vegetables and raise cattle on small farms. Set on gentle slopes between mountains and highland plateaus near the village of Kumure in the Guji Zone, the farmland has shade trees and dark brown, volcanic, loamy soil with rich nutrients.