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Ethiopia says coffee rebound will boost exports

Published: Nov 26, 2009 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is pinning its hopes on a rebound in harvests and prices for its crucial coffee sector to boost export earnings to $2.9 billion in 2009/2010, the trade minister said on Wednesday.

Coffee accounted for some 60 percent of Ethiopia's foreign exchange revenue in the 2007/2008 (June/July) season, when it earned more than $525 million from exports of 170,888 tonnes of mostly high quality arabica beans.


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Coffee: The Ethiopian gift to the world

Published: Nov 10, 2009 by bini Filed under: Article
Kawa, espresso, Turkish coffee, milk shakes, what else? A lot more! The terms used to describe this dark brown concoction are many. The most consumed beverage after water in many western countries, coffee is an established institution in its own right. But where does it come from? How is it prepared? What are its benefits and dangers?

Coffee is experiencing new heights of fame since the ultra chic Nespresso advert featuring George Clooney. Notwithstanding all the pomp, however, coffee is above all a popular drink. Marking its entry into Europe in the seventeenth century, coffee has its roots in Africa.


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Ethiopia to trade specialty coffee locally

Published: Oct 21, 2009 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia plans to move the trade in its specialty coffee to an Addis Ababa-based commodities exchange instead of the current channel of selling the beans at auctions overseas, a senior trade official said.

Eleni Gebre-Madhin, Chief Executive Officer at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) said up to 30 percent of the country's produce is classified as specialty beans but that higher prices for the fine coffees were not trickling down to farmers.


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