Discover different plantations (from wild coffee to forest and garden coffee) and processings methods
DISCOVER CULTURE
Discover all aspects of Ethiopian culture : food, music, traditions,...
MEET PEOPLE
Meeting with major players of Ethiopian coffee scene : from bean to cup.
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New departure :
From 25th December 2022 to 5th January 2023
guided Trip by OkCOFFEE TIPS expert
in partnership with
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Jour 1
vol vers Addis Abeba
Vol de départ pour l'aéroport d'Addis Abeba.
Day 2
Addis Abeba, the new flower
City tour of the capital city & African Union headquarter. Meeting with our ancestor, Lucy.
Discover how coffee is drunk in Addis abeba from the first café opened in 1953 to the last hipster espresso bar.
Day 3
Jimma-Kaffa coffee terroir
Flight to Jimma where it was first discovered somewhere between the 5th and the 9th century.
Drive to Kaffa, the place that gives coffee its name worlwide.
Jebena traditional Coffee ceremony.
Day 4
The cloud forest
Discovery of the Kaffa biopshere reserve with its immense biodiversity in plants, fauna and birds and where coffee still grows in the wild.
Traditional roasting workshop.
Day 5
Wild coffee - forest coffee
Discovery of wild coffees and forest coffees: coffee trees grow in more or less maintained forest areas from which producers also collect honey and spices.
Meeting with producers and local conservation actors.
Day 6
National Coffee research center
Visit of Jimma Agricultural Research Center who work on conservation and development of different coffee varieties. Presentation of JARC work and challenges by local researchers.
Flight To Addis Abeba & evening at the famous Fendika club, which combines improvisation, traditional Ethiopian music and dance in an vibrant atmosphere.
Day 7
Great RIFT VALLEY
Drive down the Rift valley hat great tectonic fault line which cuts across East Africa. Superb panorama over the valley dotted with numerous lakes. Discover Abiata & Shalla lakes national park & Sidama capital.
Day 8
sidama - Yrgaceheffe COFFEE TERROIR
Discover work at the washing station and the different pocessing methods: washed process, natural process, honey process, anaerobic process or mix.
Day 9
Garden COFFEE
In a landscape of hills covered by lush vegetation and overlooking the great rift valley, discover the region of Sidama, one of the pioneers of specialty coffee in Ethiopia. Discover the work of small producers of best coffee.
Day 10
Ethiopian cuisinE
Ethiopian cuisine workshop : learn how to prepare the injera, the teff pancake.
Back to Addis Abeba.
Day 11
Shopping & degustation
Coffee cuppping of different coffee .
Shopping at the Merkato, the biggest market in Africa.
