Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. As the Ethiopian History goes over 2000 years the church has big history as well as the kingdom far beyond to Asia. The Kingdom one known Abiysinya ruled by Queen of Sheba and other emperors and kingdoms its trade and wisdom was so wide and far. We can easily see how the coffee tradition embedded in the Ethiopia culture as strong as its faith. The different type of coffee also purely shows not only the strength of coffee itself but also the different quality of coffee we have. 

The town Kefa is the place where coffee we know was found even the name derived from  Keffa (Coffee) . Ethiopia is well known with its Arebika coffee where once the kingdom moved as far East to Israel and the trade merchants took this incredible magic seed far away places.This is how coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe. Then coffee houses quickly became such an important center for the exchange of information that they were often referred to as “Schools of the Wise.”

With thousands of pilgrims visiting the holy city of Bethlehem each year from all over the world, knowledge of this “wine of Araby” began to spread. I leave to the historians how this amazing seed travel as far as Asia Korea and Java or Amsterdam and New York or better Star Baks or the Arebian Suk even The way the Turkish Coffee came about.

Ethiopia has a unique way of coffee ceremony it is completely different from any other world the traditional coffee pot made from clay and the brewery of coffee is so different. The drinking ceremony takes about an hour or more where family talks different topics or passing information in the community this pure art. The different elements from the different items used and the process of coffee by the Ethiopian lady you see the washing roosting and drinking after patiently distilling the coffee in a timely manner not to make the coffee cold or muddy. This process continues three times by adding coffee powder enough for the sited audience is also talent to know.

Ethiopia Coffee

Ethiopia produces some of the most unique and fascinating coffees in the world.  The three main regions where Ethiopia coffee beans originate are Harrar, Gima, and Sidamo (Yirga cheffe).

Ethiopian Arabica Coffee Beans Mocha

Ethiopian Harrar coffee beans are grown on small farms in the eastern part of the country it is called Mocha.  Ethiopian Harrar coffee can have a strong dry edge one can observe an intense aroma.  Ethiopian Harrar coffee is often used in espresso blends to capture the fine aromatics when combined. The other region coffee Yerga chefe and Gima coffee beans are grown in the western parts of the country and are more balanced, heavier, and has a longer lasting body than the Moch. 

The Ethiopian Yirga cheffe coffee bean, is the most favored coffee grown in southern Ethiopia. It is more mild aroma gives coffee drinkers to choose and use on a daily basis.  The wild Gima coffee now gets also more appreciation because it is not been cultivated by fertilizer or pesticide. These wild coffee now regain the upper share as the product is brought to the market as wild coffee.