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Ethiopia Coffee

187 images Created 20 Mar 2013

This journey across Ethiopia traces the origination of coffee that goes back to the thirteenth century. Legend says that a herder named Kaldi noticed his goats “dancing” after nibbling bright red berries. Kaldi brought the berries to a nearby monastery where holy men declared they must be the work of the devil and threw them into a fire. Yet, the aroma was too tempting and they quickly raked the roasted beans from the embers, ground them up, and dissolved them in hot water, yielding the world’s first cup of coffee.
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  • Farmers sort and wash the cherries and beans of coffee at a small farm in the village of Hafursa, Yirgacheffe, in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest producer of coffee, and Africa's top producer.
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  • Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia is shown at sunset. Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest producer of coffee, and Africa's top producer and Yirgacheffe is one of the most important regions in the country for coffee trade.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee in the USA,  stands lit by a truck on a road in the village of Doyo, in the region of Jimma, Ethiopia.  The cherries will be processed into coffee beans. Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest producer of coffee, and Africa's top producer.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Geoff Watts, a buyer from Intelligentsia coffee speaks to farmers at a co-op in Waleensuu (Wolinsu), Ethiopia.   The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin. Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and the most compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life.
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  • Kamila Khader and Shimla Mangastu walk to school next to the coffee plantation Welinsu in Limu, Ethiopia.
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  • Kamila Khader and Shimla Mangastu walk to school next to the coffee plantation Welinsu in Limu, Ethiopia.
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  • Farmers work on a coffee co-op in Debello in the Limu region of Ethiopia.
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  • Farmers work on a coffee co-op in Debello in the Limu region of Ethiopia.
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  • Farmers carry coffee to sell in the Limu region of Ethiopia.
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  • Farmers carry coffee to sell in the Limu region of Ethiopia.
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  • Fatima Sheikh Jamal picks coffee on her small plantation in Jimma, Ethiopia.
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  • Fatima Sheikh Jamal picks coffee on her small plantation in Jimma, Ethiopia.
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  • Farmers pick coffee in the plantation believed to be where coffee was discovered in Choche, Jimmu in Ethiopia.
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  • Sonia carries coffee beans to sell as her friend Samira stands on left in the village of Choche, in Jimmu Ethiopia. People beleive this is the place with coffee was discovered.
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  • Awol Abagojam stands in  the birthplace of coffee. The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin.
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  • Awol Abagojam lives  in the village of Choche, in Jimma which people say is  the birthplace of coffee. The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin.
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  • Awol Abagojam and his son Isaac  walk in Choche, in Jimma Ethiopia which people say is the birthplace of coffee. The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin.
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  • Ramla Sharif roasts coffee inside her home in the village of Choche in Ethiopia. Legend has it this is the birthplace of coffee. The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin.
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  • Ramla Sharif roasts coffee inside her home in the village of Choche in Ethiopia. Legend has it this is the birthplace of coffee. The region is home to the largest pool of genetic diversity in the world of coffee. It is home to more genetic diversity in coffee than the rest of the producing countries combined by a huge margin.
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