Friday, October 15, 2004


ethiopian coffee ceremony

"the smell of incense and the rich aroma of roasting java beans filled the air . . .as members of the ethiopian community demonstrated a traditional coffee ceremony."

long-time readers may recall that i had wanted to hold one of these ethiopian coffee ceremonies for consumers at the 2005 scaa conference in seattle.

but alas, no fire allowed there! i guess the arlington, va. public library is more adventurous. i noticed immediately that the ethiopians serve their fresh coffee with fresh bread.

"in ethiopia, coffee is not something you just go and grab, or something you get and go out on the highway and drink as you drive to work. . .it's for people to get together and talk about the community, about politics, about life."

we here at bccy couldn't agree more: fine coffee is the most social and intellectual beverage! read about it here.

when i comes to ethiopian coffee, i freely confess i'm a bit crazed about sidamo. here, for example, here, and so memorably, here.

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