Coffee Ethiopia

Ethiopia is the origin of Coffee Arabica According to Ethiopian legend, coffee was discovered in the 9th century by a young goat herder from the Keffa region named Kaldi. He noticed his goats dancing and acting silly after eating the red berries of an unknown shrub. So, Kaldi decided to try the strange fruit himself, and he soon realized that it gave him an energy boost like nothing else. But It wasn't until the 1500s that coffee began to be cultivated in Ethiopia. Before, coffee beans were just harvested from coffee plants growing naturally in the wild. But by the 16th century, cultivation techniques had been established, and coffee was being grown as a commercial crop. Currently, Ethiopia is Africa's largest coffee producer and the world's fifth largest exporter of Arabica coffee. It is also Ethiopia's number one source of export revenue generating about 30-35 percent of the country's total export earnings. When it comes to single-origin coffee, Ethiopia have three central regions of note, each with its own flavor profile: Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, and Harrar. Each region produces coffee with its own distinct flavor.