Coffee production in Ethiopia has a long history and remains an important part of the country’s agricultural and economic landscape. Ethiopia is within the native range of Coffea arabica, which occurs
An example of the coffee bean sorting process in Hawassa, Sidama Region
A training seminar for coffee tasters (cuppers) in 2003
A Coffea arabica tree on Lake Tana in Bahir Dar
Ethiopian Sidamo beans
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Kaldi was the name of a legendary goatherd who is credited with discovering coffee in 850 CE, according to popular legend, after which such crop entered the Islamic world and then the rest of the worl
Coffee production in Ethiopia
…engaged directly in coffee production. The coffee plant originates in the Ethiopian region of Kaffa. According to legend, the 9th-century goat herder Kaldi discovered the coffee plant after noticing the energizing effect the plant had on his flock, but this story did not appear in writing until 1671. After…
A KALDI Coffee Farm location in Japan