Stray Coffee – Tesfaye Bekele Kurume, Welicho (Ethiopia)

Tesfaye Bekele Kurume, Welicho by Stray Coffee.

Tesfaye Bekele is one of the pioneers of specialty coffee in Guji, Ethiopia. After a career in government natural resource management, he founded the Suke Quto farm in 2000 in the Odo Shakisso woreda of Guji, replanting deforested land with coffee and indigenous trees. This lot is a blend of two regional landrace varieties – Kurume and Welicho – both named after native trees in Guji, reflecting the farm's roots in the local forest ecosystem. Stray Coffee, roasting in Munich since 2021, sources this lot through direct trade.

Tesfaye Bekele Kurume, Welicho features:

• Varieties: Kurume and Welicho – regional landraces from the forests of Guji.
• Origin: Odo Shakisso, Guji Zone, Ethiopia – altitude 1,800–2,000 masl.
• Forest-grown on regenerated land, combining ecological restoration with coffee farming.
• Roasted light by Stray Coffee, Munich.