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Drinking Ethiopian Coffee in Addis Ababa

Drinking Ethiopian Coffee in Addis Ababa

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One of the best things to do in Addis Ababa is drink Ethiopian coffee. Looking for other top things to do: As you probably already know, Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee - coffee is originally from Ethiopia, and it's still known to grow some of the best quality beans in the entire world. When you're in Ethiopia, coffee is never hard to find. It's an important part of the Ethiopian culture. In Addis Ababa there are a number of different kinds of Ethiopian coffee to drink. All over the place there are cafe's where you'll find European and especially Italian style coffees like espressos and macchiatos. At Ethiopian restaurants you'll find the traditional style of coffee known as buna. And along the sides of the streets and all over the city and neighborhoods you'll find tiny shoebox coffee shops that serve local coffee. Walking down the street in Addis Ababa you'll frequently get a blast of fresh coffee roasting in your face. You'll know right away that you can step off the side of the road and dip into the small coffee shop for one or ever three cups of coffee. This video was taken at a small coffee shop just next to a hotel that I was staying in. The girl welcomed us in to the scent of delicious coffee being roasted. Her little coffee shop was both a coffee shop and a store selling khat, a leaf that you chew. When we arrived she was roasting up a batch of coffee beans until dark and fragrant. I chose a seat on a side turned soda crate and watched her make the coffee. When the beans were roasted she transferred them to a mortar and pestle. Using a few swift pounds she impressively had the coffee beans pounded and turned into a fine powder in just a few minutes. From there, the ground coffee was spooned into the jebena, a clay vessel used to make traditional Ethiopian coffee. She then added water to the top of the beans and set the jebena on the hot charcoal to let it boil. Once the coffee had finished brewing, she then covered the coffee pot with a strainer and poured dark brewed Ethiopian coffee into each individual cups. Lots of locals like a ton of sugar in their coffee, but I enjoyed just a half a spoon so it wasn't too sweet. It was marvelous coffee, thick, full bodied, and rich with flavor. When it was really sweet it almost had a chocolatey flavor. Though there wasn't any popcorn at this particular spot, drinking coffee with a small bowl of popcorn on the side is common, especially the a coffee ceremony or at a restaurant. One of the greatest things about Ethiopia is Ethiopian coffee and I didn't have a bad cup the entire time I was there. If you love coffee, Ethiopia is a country you need to visit as soon as you have a chance
Date: 2019-08-19

Comments and reviews: 10


The Ethiopian people that make this coffee really should be charging more for it. at least charging the tourists more and not the locals. If they as people can be exploited for their labor and have their products exported for dirt cheap, the Ethiopian people in return should AT LEAST charge these tourists the same prices as you would find in a Starbucks. Those tourists are getting high quality product and a truly unique and interesting experience. If some White, modern-day carpetbaggers came in and decided to further exploit these people and create a business off of this in those people's homes. How much do you think a cup of coffee would go for then? I imagine not a mere 30 cents a cup. Stuff like this makes me upset. This woman looks so kind and genuinely helpful. I wonder if the maker of this video let her know what a cup of coffee like that would go for in America or whereever he's from? Probably not. to keep the people ignorant and keep things nice and cheap for the next time him and any of his comrades want to revisit the area. So, so upsetting.
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U looked sooo happy at the intro & that girl is sooo pretty with her wonderful smile I got such JOY watching this From the start When love & joy in a humble looking place like that. Food is made. I bet it taste even better Reminded me of when I went to dem rep & drunk coffee from a humble family that had verry little. It tasted like love was put into it I really thank rustic food made with joy & move makes the food taste better And the spirt there seems so humbling & joyful just watching.
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Yes Mark you did it the proper way. Drinking coffee in the birthplace of coffee. That's the best way to do it. Eating pizza in Italy is better, eating sushi in Japan is better, eating curry in India is better, etc. Home made meals and drinks are always authentic and nostalgic. #Authentic
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coffee in Ethiopia is best when its brewed at home not on the street where nowadays the coffee makers put khat in the coffee to make people addicted to the coffee. but home made coffee with a family is best for the reasons that you are surrounded by family, its authentic and not commercialized version.
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30c per cup. god i'll myself out there, looks too good. no sugar though, need to get a taste of it alone first. with commercialisation of coffee in the form of large cafe chains, i have forgotten that Ethiopia was one of the founding places of this substances i'm so addicted to
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A tear is running down my face, when I lived with my granny in Massauwa, the Bunna ritual was on daily bases and I was young, but I could always manage to geta cup, my uncle use to get the coffee beans fresh directly from Harar, I miss my country so much
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Ethiopian Limu Inara coffee is by far the best coffee I've ever tasted. I live in Ottawa, Canada, and we're lucky enough here to be able to drink this in Bridgehead coffee shops, or buy them whole grain in bags and grind them ourselves at home: )
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Ethiopian coffee is the best especially when it serviced in the traditional pot Jabanna. here in Sudan we also have the same way of making coffee and we call it Jabanaa tooYou should try Sudanese coffee one day i'am sure you'd like it too
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The Ethiopian girl brewing the coffee is actually lesbian and is rather fond of Marks wife who is holding the camera and filming lol in Ethiopia staring and smiling at some one like that is considered flirting
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Hey Mark, If you ever go to Indonesia then go to Jogjakarta(its their cultural capital. They have a famous 'coal coffee' over there. You should try it. I tried it during my travels, its good: )
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