Ethiopia - Suke Quto Secret Process
Secret Process
NaturalMedium
Good Food Winner2026
Cherrybook Index
59sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.25/oz$27.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A natural lot from Guji, Ethiopia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Currently out of stock at the roaster. Subscribe to get an email when it returns.
Roasts to order
Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.
“Every single bag of coffee is roasted fresh for you (never picked from a shelf!) and sent on its way by our team from our roastery in Brooklyn, NY.” source ↗
Roaster’s notes
wild cherry · concord grape · white peach · pineapple candy · passionfruit · root beer
- Fruit
Open the flavor wheel
Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.
- Origin
- Guji, ET
- Producer
- Tesfaye Bekele
- Farm / Co-op
- Suke Quto Farm
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 2200 m
- Varietals
- Kurume
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $27.00
- Price / oz
- $2.25/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
59
Sparse signal
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 58.7 shrunk to 55.0 + bonuses = 59.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 90/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 50/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +3Good Food Award winnerThis coffee won a Good Food Award blind-cup competition
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Partners Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Polarizing· sentiment 50/100
One thread author reports using Partners Brooklyn blend beans for pourover over a three-year period, describing the cup as rich, round, almost chocolatey, with zero acidity and no bitterness, though noting a recent negative change in the coffee. Another commenter gives Partners a thumbs down in comparison to other coffee experiences. Two other threads mention the roaster solely in catalog or database project listings.
Brooklyn blendpourover
Threads cited (4)
- r/pourover · 136↑ · Coffees by Varietal & Varietal Family (40 roasters, 485 products)
…Coffee Roasters, Heart Roasters, HEX Coffee Roasters, Hydrangea, Ilse, JBC, Kafiex Roasters, Klatch, Lennys Lab, Little Waves, Metric Coffee, Moonwake, Onyx, Partners Coffee, Passenger, PERC, Prodigal, Red Rooster, Regalia, S&W, September Coffee, Sey, Shoebox Coffee, Spesh Coffee, Sweet Bloom, Tandem, The Boy & The Be
- r/pourover · 71↑ · Coffees by Varietal & Varietal Family, updated (85 roasters, 1101 products)
…e Wolf, Luna Coffee, Mad Lab Coffee, Manhattan Coffee, Metric Coffee, MOMOS Coffee, Monogram Coffee, Moonwake, Morgon, Nemesis Coffee, Nomad, ONA Coffee, Onyx, Partners, Passenger, PERC, Pilot, Poem, Prodigal, Prototype, Proud Mary, Push X Pull, Red Rooster, Regalia, Rogue Wave, S&W, Scenery, September Coffee, Sey, Sh
- r/pourover · 18↑ · Suddenly Awful Coffee
My wife and I found our pourover sweet spot making Partners Brooklyn blend beans, ground with a Barzata Encore grinder, and poured using a ceramic Hario V60 and pre-wet paper filters. We’ve always used tap water, and it’s always been more than fine. We’ve used this setup for the past 3 years, occasionally straying from
- r/pourover · 5↑ · New Jersey Local Roasters
…time I tried Forum's Yirgacheffe it blew my mind, second time not so much (I think the barista was the issue). Black River was fine, nothing special (Guatemala Guaya'b), Queen City was solid (Yirgacheffe). Tend to like fruitier, lighter roasts. I've also tried Coffee Project in NYC (amazing) and Partners (thumbs down)
On YouTube
2 videos · 2k combined views
2 videos cover Partners Coffee from reviewers FreshDirect, Cheddar.