Introduction of Ethiopian Coffee Culture, Coffee Climate cultivation in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia is located between three and fourteen degrees north latitude, and the planting area of coffee trees is nearly 600000 hectares. There are two rainy seasons a year in the south and east of the country, while there is only one rainy season in the west. The distribution of the rainy season is different, so coffee is harvested in Ethiopia all the year round. Coffee grows between 550 and 2750 meters above sea level, the western and southern soils are volcanic rocks, mineral-rich soils are slightly acidic, and the average annual temperature is 15-25 degrees Celsius, making it an excellent growing environment for Arabica.

In six years of 2 ⊙○, Ethiopia produces 300000 tons of coffee, still the largest Arabica producer in Africa, ranking fifth and ninth in the world. Although the output is not among the best, the rich and diverse coffee cultivation system is unparalleled in the world.

There are four major coffee systems: (1) forest coffee; (2) semi-forest coffee; (3) pastoral coffee; and (4) farm coffee. % of coffee in Egypt is cultivated organically without fertilization or medicine, but it has not yet been internationally certified.

In China, people like to drink coffee more and more, but not many people really know about "coffee culture". Some data show that China's coffee consumption is increasing year by year, and is expected to become an important coffee consumer in the world.

Ethiopia was the first country to discover and quote coffee. Coffee is to Ethiopia what tea is to China. Tea has a delicate tradition such as tea drinking rituals, and it also has a very beautiful coffee drinking tradition, although it is not as popular as tea drinking rituals.

The coffee ceremony in Ethiopia is one of the most enjoyable cultures in Ethiopia. The coffee ceremony in Ethiopia is about turning unwashed raw coffee beans into a cup of concentrated coffee, the girl who makes coffee will spread the fresh thread slot on the floor, and the fresh grass in Ethiopia bodes well and gives off a fresh breath.

In Ethiopia, it is forbidden for men to make coffee, and making coffee is strictly a woman's traditional job, so the coffee ceremony is presided over by women. Those beautiful "coffee girls" always wear white dresses with embroidered edges and smile shyly, leaving a very good impression. What is presented in front of you is the ceremony to express the beauty of life in the coffee etiquette.

Ethiopia grows coffee for the whole people, and every household has coffee trees and small-scale peasant economy; all people drink coffee, and every household drinks coffee every day; all people drink coffee, everyone knows coffee, tasting coffee, all kinds of major festivals and ceremonies are inseparable from coffee. It is this strong coffee atmosphere that Ethiopian farmers collect the best coffee exports at one time during the harvest season, while the slightly inferior ones are kept for their own use.