Ethiopia: birthplace of coffee

On the morning of January 7, Starbucks held a unique Ethiopian coffee tasting event at its flagship store in Beijing Kerry Center, which is also the first zero-distance contact with coffee lovers since Ethiopian coffee from the birthplace of coffee entered Starbucks. "Starbucks China 2013 Coffee Minister" Shen Yaning, together with local guests from Ethiopia, with profound coffee knowledge and excellent coffee-making skills, as well as contagious coffee enthusiasm, vividly recreate the daily life scene of every family in Ethiopia to brew coffee and drink coffee.

Ethiopia: where Coffee was born

Ethiopia is recognized as the birthplace of coffee and the birthplace of all kinds of coffee we taste today. it plays an important role in the history of coffee development. With respect and admiration for the birthplace of coffee and the long-standing heritage of coffee culture, Starbucks solemnly launched the unique "Ethiopian Coffee" in stores across the country a few days ago. From January 6 to 12, it launched "Ethiopian Coffee week" in various stores to provide customers with pure Starbucks coffee while leading customers to experience a wonderful and unique journey of Starbucks coffee culture.

Legend has it that in the sixth century AD, an Arab shepherd came to the Ethiopian grasslands for grazing. He found that sheep became extremely active after eating a local red fruit. The shepherd himself tasted some. He found these fruits not only sweet and delicious, but also refreshing after eating. It happened that a Muslim was passing by and brought this incredible red fruit back to share with other parishioners. In this way, this delicious fruit quickly spread. This is the legendary origin of coffee.

In Ethiopia, people are proud of coffee and regard it as a gift to give back to the world. To this day, many Ethiopian families still retain the ceremony of daily coffee celebrations, with the hostess of each family inviting her family and neighbors to have coffee more than once a day. In their view, this is a way to show friendship and respect. In the magical land of Ethiopia, coffee beans are filled with the unique smell of coffee beans, and the sound of "Buna-Buna Tetu" is heard from time to time. Such a scene makes people full of wonderful expectations for coffee.