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Ethiopia coffee · 8 min read

Ethiopia's Coffee Scene Today: Domestic Consumption, Addis Ababa's Cafés, and Direct Trade Reform

Ethiopia invented coffee. Here is what is happening in 2024 and 2025: rising domestic consumption, third-wave cafes in Addis, direct-trade reforms, and baristas on the wo

African coffee · 5 min read

Coffee in Africa Beyond Ethiopia: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi

Ethiopia gets most of the attention, but East Africa's other coffee-producing nations — Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi — produce some of the world's most exciting and

Kenya AA · 4 min read

Kenya AA: Africa's Most Complex and Celebrated Cup

Kenya AA is the classification given to Kenya's largest, finest coffee beans — and it produces some of the world's most complex and sought-after cups, with a blackcurrant

Ethiopia coffee · 4 min read

Ethiopia: The Birthplace of Coffee and Its Extraordinary Flavours

Coffee was born in Ethiopia — and Ethiopian coffees remain among the world's most extraordinary. Discover Yirgacheffe, Sidama, Harrar, and the wild forest coffees that st