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Ceremony of Ethiopian coffee

Ceremony of Ethiopian coffee
Coffee
50 g
Water
600 g
Ratio
1:12

From the green grain to the cup in front of your guests: toast in frying pan, milling, jebena and three rounds without haste.

Roast: Full CityHandleless cup6 servingsFor practised hands

By Equipo Cocinoa

What you need

Tap each piece to see its catalogue entry.

Method

  1. Wash 50 g of green coffee with water to remove the dust and scrape it well.

  2. Keep it in a flat pan over medium heat, stirring non-stop, until it is brown and bright and release an aromatic smoke.

    15 min

    Enjoy the kitchen well: there is smoke and shell. Don't leave the pan alone for a moment.

  3. Pass the smoking pan among the guests to enjoy the aroma. If you have incense, this is the time to light it.

  4. Let the grain warm for a few minutes and move it in a mortar or in a grinder, quite fine.

  5. Boil 600 ml of water in the jebena, add the ground coffee and let it boil soft until it rises. Remove it and wait for the posos to come down.

    5 min

    Without jebena, use a spleen with a beak and serve through a fine strainer.

  6. It serves the first round, the abol, from a certain height in handles without handle, in a single gesture not to lift the pores. It offers sugar and popcorn or toast.

  7. Add water to the same pods, boil again and serve the second round, the tono, softer. Repeat for the third, the baraka.

    10 min

  8. Baraka means "blessing." According to custom, leaving before the third round is considered uneducated, so reserve time.

Tips and warnings

It is a gesture of hospitality and conversation rather than an exact recipe: the amounts are indicative and each house has its measure.

  • Some take the coffee with salt or some butter instead of sugar, or with a rude tart in the cup.
  • The roasted barley contains gluten.
  • Tasting at home makes smoke and the shell can light: ventilla, keep the pan always in sight and don't be beyond the middle-dark point.

One last thing

Abol, tona and baraka: three rounds and a blessing. If you want a fourth, make it a ko‑fi.