Ethiopian Coffee ceremony (Buna) course on how to drink Ethiopian Coffee

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Ethiopia is the origin of coffee, wild coffee plants, still growing in Kaffa in the southwest of the country. In Ethiopian, coffee is called "buna", which means "bean", and coffee red fruit is called "kaffa bunn".

There are four ways to remove coffee beans from red fruit: sun, half-sun, water washing and water washing. In the early years, Ethiopia adopted almost all the sun treatment, but this year it has mostly switched to water washing treatment.

For hundreds of years, Ethiopia began a coffee-sharing ceremony (Buna), a tradition of entertaining guests to enjoy coffee, and Ethiopians still follow the ancient method today. In the office, due to time constraints, a cup of prepared coffee is provided, but it is the same to show welcome or respect. Be sure to accept it, even though you're just drinking.

An invitation to attend coffee etiquette is an expression of friendship and respect. When the guests come to visit, first of all, the hostess herself bakes fresh coffee beans on an iron plate. Keep stirring the coffee beans on the iron plate, a few minutes later, the beans appear light brown, leave the fire, at this time, the room is full of coffee fragrance.

After being ground, the roasted coffee beans are put into a pot and boiled with water, sometimes with spices such as cardamom and cinnamon. The hostess pours the first boiling coffee into a small cup without handle, sometimes adding sugar and giving it to the guests to sip. The cup must be taken with both hands. Ethiopian coffee is very thick, unfiltered, most of the residue will be left at the bottom of the cup, it is inevitable to drink some suspended coffee powder. Although Ethiopian coffee drinking etiquette is not as exquisite as Chinese drinking elderly tea, it has a general taste, especially the aroma of coffee in the room.

According to the unwritten rules of the ceremony, each person must accept at least three cups of invitation, because one, two and three represent Abole-Berke-Sustga. In particular, the third cup is considered to be a blessing, a cup of berekha.