Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony – How to Drink Traditional Coffee!

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony - How to Drink Traditional Coffee!
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Ethiopian coffee is not just a deliciously tasty beverage, it’s an essential ingredient of Ethiopian culture and society.

Coffee in Ethiopia is a part of everyday life and it often includes an entire Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

The procedure begins with green coffee beans that are roasted in the open room so they start to burn and turn extremely fragrant. The smoke fills the room in an intoxicating coffee fragrance.

During the ceremony, it is traditional to serve a bowl of fresh popcorn as well as a to burn frankincense for another added aroma.

When the coffee beans are done roasting, they are ground by hand using a mortar and pestle and then placed in a special Ethiopian clay coffee pot for brewing.

The brewing is a complicated process of boiling and reheating until the beverage is perfect.

The host makes sure the coffee is supreme before serving it to the anticipating guests.

Drinking Ethiopian coffee is a great experience!

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33 Comments

  1. I love this video! very informative of my country. On my channel I am showing how to do Ethiopian coffee ceremony and many Ethiopian coffee related videos! check it out <3

  2. I'm glad you filmed that experience. I never knew about the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony! Now I must find a restaurant and check it out for myself. Thank you.

  3. Hey Mark, I absolutely love your video, and how awesome is to see someone that's not originally from Ethiopia to take the time to introduce this amazing culture to the rest of the world. However, one thing should not go unmentioned. Ethiopia is the birth place of coffee. It was first discovered in Ethiopia. That's one of the reasons to why coffee is such a big deal in Ethio. ~much love:)

  4. im lucky to live down the street from an ehtiopean market and i get my green beans from there and roast them on a pan at home, best coffee in the world

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