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The local coffee tradition in Africa

Africa, as the origin of coffee, still grows a large area of wild coffee trees. Just as tea, ancient tree tea is superior to artificially cultivated Mesa tea, Ethiopian coffee produced by wild coffee trees and naturally treated by the local traditional sun has a good reputation for its quality.

And how do the locals with such unique conditions enjoy their own coffee?

Ethiopian locals like to drink coffee, and because of drinking coffee, they have formed a unique style of coffee ceremony, which is an important way for them to entertain relatives and friends, entertain dignitaries and exchange feelings.

The women who preside over the coffee ceremony will put on a white veil up to their heels. As a sign of grandeur, they will also put incense on the indoor wall, spread a green straw blanket on the floor, put on coffee cup racks, coffee cans, sugar cans, popcorn, bread, round cakes, etc., and set up a small charcoal stove with incense wood in it. Everyone will sit around, and the ceremony will begin.

This traditional African coffee gift maintains the original charcoal roasting method, laying the coffee beans on a round piece of iron, repeatedly stir-frying over charcoal fire until black but not scorched, grinding into powder, and then returning to the pottery on the fire.

Boil in the pot, remove and precipitate for a moment, repeat this for three times, invite the guests to enjoy three cups.

Drinking fresh and mellow coffee and refreshments is already satisfied. if there is a festival, guests from afar will be able to enjoy the local folk dance, which is really a feast for the eyes and pleasant scenery.

For the people of Cairo, the cafe here is the center of public opinion similar to that of some clubs in the West, and it is also the meeting place of three religions and nine schools.

Egyptians who drink coffee here generally also smoke hookahs, a hookah called Sheesha, which can almost be seen as the soul of Egyptian cafes and the unique local customs.

By the way, I brought a few bags of light-roasted boutique coffee beans, came back to buy a bean grinder, and drank it now. Only then did I know that many of the coffee made by others had been properly drunk wrong.