African countries with ancient civilizations in Ethiopia, coffee ritual as routine can be met everywhere, even in the ultra-luxurious five-star hotel - the Sheraton, a corner of the lobby has a beautiful girl in the Ethiopian coffee ceremony to do, the four-party visitors greeted the world The best coffee to stay stopped.
For coffee, Ethiopia is proud that they all consider themselves national production
Coffee beans is the world's best coffee beans, and cook their own coffee at home is the best coffee in the world. Ethiopian coffee is one part of life. Whether in the most remote desert Dannajier, or in the depths of the Great Rift Valley of East Africa's Lake Awassa; both the noisy crowd in the city, or in the natural quiet of the countryside, you can always smell the aroma of coffee, Shannon search and left, stay in taste.
Most people do not know that Ethiopia is the origin of coffee. Legend of 1100 years ago, the Department of Ai Senan a town called card method, where a growing number of red fruit. Shepherd found in sheep after eating the fruit of this excited, then off to taste, so this was the fruit of the local temple monks cooking off as night prayer refreshing food, known as "card law." Subsequently spread all over the world, known as "coffee."
Most of the Ethiopian coffee produced in an elevation of 2000 meters above the plateau, there are areas Gemma, Gambi, Yergacheffe, Sidamo, Harar. In these areas because the soil conditions, climatic conditions, as well as more than 2000 meters above sea level, for the coffee crop growth has created an ideal environment. Among them, Harald the region since Montenegro is the world's only wild coffee, wild coffee there every year to get to London auction.
In the Ethiopian capital, clients or close friends in quick succession, generally prefer coffee hospitality. As a gesture of respect for the guests, the hostess at the coffee, are generally put on clean clothes, dressed, "Samak" (shawl) to each bending bow welcomed the guests. To be the guests sit, the hostess to sit down next to the stove to light the charcoal stoves, to the side of the stove, add charcoal, charcoal fire in one side to let go some of the golden frankincense. As a result, continuously flight smoke, and suddenly the house filled with Qinren the heart of the fragrance. She then put a pan on the stove, will be washed after dark red coffee beans into the pot, holding a small shovel to stir constantly. When coffee beans Chaodao a certain temperature, Ji Li hostess out on a plate, guests take a look at each and every color of coffee beans, coffee beans sniff sniff a fragrance. When the guests heard Jiaokouchengzan, the hostess will be good coffee beans into a speculation of Shijiu, with a long Xiaochui to trace and rhythmically Chung, issued a clear sweet sound.
In the Ethiopian customs, drink coffee 3. Each has its own name, along with more than a tasteless. The first of the most concentrated known as the "Alvor" and the second is called the "tornado" third "Beirui Ka." Ethiopia to listen to friends, to their neighbors, door to ask the first sentence is the first coffee drink a few. If the third, they would be away shaking his head in dismay; If you are the first to catch up, then they will not call cross-legged sit down and drink a glass.
The first coffee has been cooked, pour it all into a small coffee cup. Hostess give guests a small spoon of sugar a few cups Riga, the head end of a cup of coffee to the guests a taste. Ethiopian people do not drink coffee with milk, just put up a lot of sugar. Sometimes, they also can be seen picking roadside Rosemary's Leaves of Grass, wash after picking on a small coffee, a piece of the integration of the two substances will be distributed as a cream mellow the flavor.
The first taste of Ethiopian coffee, the smell fine, mellow wine in a faint, I suck a small, mellow flavor immediately lift the spirit of the people. This is typical with a strong acid in the mocha coffee. There is something indispensable in the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is in the pot with charcoal on the popcorn. Drinking black coffee, put a popcorn in the mouth, as if the entire time in the Coffee Road in the static.
Ethiopian plateau in the night, Shannon cup of coffee can make people stay up all night to 3:00 did not sleep, and 2 cups of coffee enough to boil you add a second night during the day, no wonder there have been Chinese people Ethiopian coffee, said, "but three glasses Kong." In short, Ethiopian coffee has a wild flavor and rich flavor of red wine fermentation. It is the world's best coffee is not an exaggeration, but the lack of brand and packaging simple and not well known around the world.
