>Ethiopians who come over here tend to be a little shocked at the >casual way we treat coffee, wandering the streets with it in a paper >cup.
Not only Ethiopians... ;-) Michael >Hi, > >> For an example of what can be done, even with fairly cheap >> ingredients, try Trader Joe's Sumatran Lintong; it's a light >> roast, and sells for around $6:50 for a 1lb tin. Of late I've >> taken to blending this about 50 - 50 with my favourite choice >> (Ethiopian Harrar) because the local coffee roasting company >> has shut down, and the only two places I've found that sell >> Harrar both over-roast it. > >in Ethiopia they make a great ceremony of coffee, which they call >buna, and roast the beans in front of you on a small tray. The hostess >then carries the tray round among the people, and wafts the smoke towards >you. The polite response is to use both arms to waft it in towards yourself, >almost as though you were splashing your face with water. > >They then brew the coffee extremely strong - I mean strong strong - >and serve it in tiny cups. It's your duty to praise it extravagantly. > >Of course you spend the next 3 days running around like a blue-a*sed >fly, trying to catch up with your eyeballs. But apart from that it's >very nice. > >Ethiopians who come over here tend to be a little shocked at the >casual way we treat coffee, wandering the streets with it in a paper >cup. > >http://www.epicurean.com/articles/ethiopian-coffee-ceremony.html > >-- >Cheers, > Bob >
