Coffee Ceremony

We had three of these while in Ethiopia. The coffee is so very good! The reason the little cup? Very strong!

This is the set-up:



She is stirring the green coffee beans while they are roasting.






The smoke means they are getting done.



The beans are done and they fill up these coffee pots with water and heat it up:



The beans are ground into powder in this way:



The coffee powder is then put into the water:



And the finished product:



They had also heated up milk over that kerosene burner. They strain it into the coffee so there is no skin.

The reason behind the coffee ceremony is that the Ethiopians are very poor but coffee is very inexpensive. They have lots of time on their hands so they draw out the making of a pot of coffee.