Category Archives: Ethiopia

Buunni Coffee space in NYC?

We’re drinking our Ethiopian Yirgacheffe light micro roast this Sunday morning and it tastes good!  One of the first rules in a small business start-up book I recently read is: don’t fall in love with your product! But, I can’t help it.  I love Buunni Coffee. We arrived back from Ethiopia two and a half [...]

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Organic dilemmas…

The vast majority of Ethiopian coffee is grown by small-holder farmers using natural, organic methods. The coffee they produce is not certified organic, but is grown using natural soil conditioners and without the use of chemicals: most coffee is grown using natural methods, cared for and nourished as it has been for centuries in Ethiopia. [...]

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

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’

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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On our way to Ethiopia

We’re on our way to Ethiopia.  After almost six months of being away from Addis Ababa, our former home town, we are very excited.  After breaking our journey in London, we land in Addis on January 7th morning — just in time for Ethiopian Christmas and a traditional meal of ‘doro wat’,  a chicken dish [...]

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