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Reveal the whole process of the birth of Ethiopia's top coffee

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/19, Coffee forests in Ethiopia's Balle National Park in eastern Africa are as high as 2000 meters above sea level. The coffee rich here was named one of the five best coffees in Africa in 2012. Coffee grows naturally here and is still picked and collected by a small group of about 5000 local people. Decades ago, the first road was built here to bring the coffee forest, which had been isolated, closer.

Coffee trees at altitudes up to 2000 m in the Balle National Park, Ethiopia, eastern Africa. The coffee produced here was named one of the five best coffees in Africa in 2012. Coffee grows naturally here and is still picked and collected by small groups of about 5000 local people. Decades ago, the first roads were built here to push the coffee trees, which had been isolated, closer to the people. At first, coffee was carried by donkeys and later by trucks from one of Africa's highest roads (about 4000 meters).

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