Brewing Coffee for an Ethiopian Coffee CeremonyIn Middle Eastern homes, guests are
often welcomed with a traditional coffee ceremony.
A pan of green beans is roasted in a flat, open pan
for all to smell. They're cooled on a small straw mat
and then ground using a large mortar and pestle.
The coffee is brewed in the traditional clay pot
and served in small cups.
The ritual is as much about enjoying the process
and the coffee as it is each other's company.
Mortar shell from fields in Ethiopia beingtorn apart and cleaned up.
This story was covered in 2006.Read it here.
This gentleman goes through the fields and collects
the used mortar shells and uses them to make
Espresso Machines.
The machines are then sold for a small sum of
about $1,300.00. Evidently they work well
and are in high demand.
Just goes to show with some ingenuity
and unorthodox recycling, even "shit"
from peoples dirty Wars can be used
for something useful.
