The official language of Ethiopia is the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Located south of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden stretches along the Guardafui Canal and the Somali Sea. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Djibouti in the northeast, Somalia in the east, South Sudan in the west, Kenya in the south, and Sudan in the northwest. In 2019, it had a population of more than 109 million. Ethiopia is also known as the second most populous country on the African continent. Its total area is 1,100,000 square kilometers. Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of the country.
It is an important country in terms of human history. The oldest modern human skeletal remains have been found here. We can say that the findings of the monarchy system of government, which originates from 2000 BC, are found here. The Kingdom of Aksum was established in the region in the first centuries AD. In 1137, the Kingdom of Ethiopia was established. Ge’ez alphabet, one of the oldest alphabets in the country, is used. It was a colony of Italy until the end of the Second World War. We should add that it is the first African country to be recognized by the UN.
With a surface area of 1,104,300 square kilometers, Ethiopia is recognized as the twenty-eighth largest country in the world. A large part of the country is located in the Horn of Africa, the eastern part of the continent. It is a country that stretches from northwest to southwest and has a very large mountainous area with plains, steppe terrain, plateaus and valleys. However, both the soil structure and vegetation cover and the climate in the country are extremely diverse.
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Ethiopia, located north of the equator, temperatures do not change much throughout the year. The northwest monsoon rains, which are called Tiles in the local language, show their effect in June and September. In the region called the Ethiopian Plateau, the climate can vary from cool, slightly warm and warm depending on the altitude.
According to Kaldi Legend, some movements of goats that fed on coffee plants in the Ethiopian highlands around the 9th century attracted the attention of the shepherd Kaldi. Kaldi, the goat herder, notices that the goats that eat the coffee berries are much more mobile than usual. He then takes the coffee cherries to a nearby monastery. The monks in the monastery, not believing Kaldi’s account, throw coffee cherries into the fire. Then they put it in water to cool. In this way, the first coffee roasting and the meeting of the roasted coffee with water are realized in this way.
Today, Ethiopia is the world’s seventh coffee-producing country. Half of the coffee produced in this country is consumed in Ethiopia. It is also an important detail that the techniques of coffee production in Ethiopia have been the same for centuries. Coffee production is carried out with traditional design and harvesting techniques. Natural ways are preferred in the coffee drying process. There are also still wild coffee trees in coffee gardens in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian coffee producing regions include Limu and Harar, Yirgacheffe. Ethiopian coffees are presented to world markets with the names of their production regions. These local coffee varieties are Ethiopian brands.
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