Harar Hara, an Ethiopian Ethiopia boutique coffee producing area, is an eastern Ethiopian producing area.

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Harar is a famous producing area in eastern Ethiopia, the representative of ET sun coffee, and also the classic of fine coffee world sun treatment, or natural treatment.

Harar City History

Harar is a veritable ancient city with more than 1300 years of history. Although archaeologists believe that the city was founded in the tenth century, legends have led people to believe that the city must have been older.

Harar is regarded as the fourth holy city among Ethiopian Muslims and is one of the few Islamic cities in Christ ET.

Around 1550, the Islamic rulers of Harar built a wall around the city, four meters high, with five gates, which still exist today. This structure is called jegol,"the walled city." Within 3.5 square kilometers of the city wall, there are 82 mosques and 102 holy tombs. Harar was once known as the "forbidden city", and trespassing by heretics was punishable by death. In the 1990s, the city walls and numerous historical sites within them were recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

Harar's golden age was in the 16th century, when Harare coffee was already famous, and by the 18th century Harar had developed into a famous trading center. After Addis Ababa was established, the importance of harar began to diminish. In 1902, Dire Dawa was established as a new harar, and harar's status was further reduced.

Harar existed mainly as an independent regime throughout its long history, ruled by egypt from 1875 to 1884, briefly independent in 1885, and incorporated into ethiopia in 1887.

Harar Coffee

Harar coffee is representative of ET garden coffee, and the variety is a local ancient species.

Harar coffee is a traditional sun-treated coffee. The fresh coffee is picked and dried in the sun. During the drying process, the fruit will be accompanied by a certain degree of fermentation. The coffee seeds absorb the aroma and taste of the pulp and finally reflect it in the cup. In addition, many harar coffee berries are left directly on trees to dry.

Sunlight harar is known for its full body and red wine flavor. Blueberry and dark chocolate are common words in cup reviews. Sun-harar is a bit more freewheeling than washed coffee.

From picking to processing, almost all processes are handled manually. Even shelling is done manually.

Harar coffee is usually divided into three categories: longberry, shortberry and mocha. Longberry, long berry, refers to the larger individual beans; shortberry, short berry, consists of smaller beans; mocha, mocha, consists of round beans. In addition, common reference to the number of defective beans divided into grades, common are G4, G3.

Harar residents, like other ET areas, coffee is a part of life, and the famous ET coffee ceremony is also daily here.

Ethiopia Fine Coffee Region: Holy City Harar

Harar Coffee: A Challenge from Qat

Harar coffee is a darling of the boutique world. Harar coffee, however, faces challenges.

The challenge comes partly from an increasingly complex climate, including harar and nyeri in kenya, where irregular climate change brings drought, pests and haze to coffee cultivation.

Harar's coffee plantations, on the other hand, face challenges from another cash crop.

Qat, or "khat," pronounced/chat/, is a locally grown plant whose leaves are also called qat.

Chewing leaves qat is part of tradition in many parts of arabia and africa. Qat is a stimulant. Just like coffee ceremony, chewing qat, people gather to chat, it is also part of daily life. After the Qat party, people return to their work lives. Chewing qat, like drinking coffee, is a way of socializing.

Qat seems to have an advantage over coffee. All farmers have to do is pick leaves, bundle them and sell them. Unlike coffee, which requires complex processing. In addition, the growing demand for qat in arabia and africa is also driving the expansion of cultivation. Qat costs less than coffee sales.