Photograph by Rena Effendi “In Ethiopia, people treasure their coffee as part of life,” she adds. “Every morning, families conduct a coffee ceremony, an ancient ritual of roasting ...

one must experience a coffee ceremony, a ritual still practiced in homes, restaurants and hotels across Ethiopia. Incense mixes with the aroma of beans roasting over hot coals, each batch ground ...

From Addis Ababa's bustling markets and coffee culture to Lalibela's ancient rock-hewn churches and sacred pilgrimages.

From its origins in medieval Ethiopia and Yemen ... it explores the uses people have had for coffee over the years, in religious rituals, as a stimulant to intellectual exchange, and even as ...

Coffee’s story starts in the lush highlands of Ethiopia, the natural homeland of the delicate Coffea arabica plant. Although they are called “coffee beans”, the plant is not a legume ...