You can experience many surprises when you order a mocha, because the term mocha is used in many ways. It describes a city, a harbor, coffee beans, a certain coffee blend, a coffee pot, and various forms of coffee preparations. The port city Mocha Mocha or Mokha is a port …
It was once upon a time in the Kingdom of Kaffa, today’s Ethiopia, when the Abyssinian shepherd Kaldi noticed that his goats did not rest at night after the consumption of the red coffee cherries. Coffee was mentioned here already in the 9th century. Arabia From Ethiopia the coffee probably …
For all travellers as usual an update, which coffee fairs and events are on the agenda this month. African Fine Coffees Association 15 – 17 February 2017, Ethiopa ECRM Coffee, Tea & Cocoa EPPS 22 – 24 February 2017, USA UK Coffee Leader Summit 24 February 2017, UK Gulfood 26 …
In the cradle of coffee – Ethiopia – this is traditionally prepared in a Jebena. Jebena The Jebena is a bell-shaped 20 cm clay pot with a long thin neck and round bottom. This helps to avoid the froth of the coffee by distributing the steam bubbles more evenly. That …
Why? On an International Coffee Day one agreed only last year – more precisely the International Coffee Organisation. On the same day, Japan has been celebrating the hot drink since 1983, the first country in the world. Finally, the Japanese are the third largest coffee importers (behind Germany (2) and …
