Category Archives: Culture

Ups and Downs

By Sarina | Published: February 22, 2013

2013 didn’t start off with a bang. In fact, January was our slowest month, both for BuunniCoffee.com and Cafe Buunni.  As we started talking to others, we realized that almost all retailers (of anything) and most service providers too, were in a similar boat.  Turns out, the height of winter is not when most people buy [...]

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Coffee – Ethiopian Style

By Buunni | Published: July 25, 2012

by Bo Campot, Buunni Associate   As we look forward to opening Cafe Buunni, we have been thinking about the relationship between coffee and community.  In Ethiopia, the two come together in the coffee ceremony. The Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a time for friends and family to come together to share stories and news.  Social life [...]

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Bunna – The Ethiopian Way

By Guest | Published: June 8, 2012

Guest Blog by Djalene Temesgen I started drinking bunna (Amharic for coffee) when I was 18 years old. Late? I know. That is because my parents thought of coffee as addictive and wanted to spare me. But I managed to steal a sip or two behind their backs, and I knew that I would start [...]

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Barista training, Cupping and Roasting…what more could you ask for in a day?

By Elias | Published: January 25, 2012

What a great day. After a breakfast of Ethiopian-style spicy scrambled eggs, and whole grain wheat pilaf (kinche) we visited Moplaco Plc, based in Addis Ababa, and joined a group of three from Spain, a coffee importer, a roaster and a master barista.  We then had the chance to observe Moplaco staff receiving barista training [...]

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Addis Ababa ‘makyato’

By Sarina | Published: January 15, 2012

We’ve spent the last week settling in Addis Ababa. Coffee is everywhere in Addis, a city with a strong café culture which only seems to be growing stronger.  While many of the espresso machines and drink preparations are Italian in origin, they have been ‘Ethiopianized’ and in our opinion made even better.  The macchiato is [...]

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