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The Weekend changes his name to Abel Tesfaye

The Weekend changes his name to Abel Tesfaye

The musician known as "The Weeknd" changed his name to Abel Tesfaye. The Ethiopian-born musician known as "The Weeknd" has announced that, he has changed his name to Abel Tesfaye. The Renowned Canadian musician Abel Tefaye was known as "The Weeknd" in many of his works. However, as of today, he changed his Twitter and Instagram accounts to his normal birth name. "The current change is the beginning of a broader plan to slowly kill the identity of 'The Weeknd, '" CNN reported. The musician also stated that, he would deliver his next music album to the listeners under his…
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Abel Tesfaye reveals a new coffee brand to honour his mother

Abel Tesfaye reveals a new coffee brand to honour his mother

Abel Tesfaye, a world-renowned musician who was born and raised in Canada in his Ethiopian family, announced that he is going to offer Ethiopian coffee called "Samra" named after his mother to the international market in order to honour his mother and his family's home country. Abel announced the sale of the coffee in collaboration with "Blue Bottle Coffee" in a post on his Twitter page. Abel Tesfaye and the record company have jointly established an organization called "Blue Bottle Coffee" to sell Ethiopian culture and Ethiopian coffee globally. "Ethiopian culture is a defining part of who I am," said…
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Ethiopians to graduate in coffee science

Ethiopians to graduate in coffee science

37 Ethiopians are going to graduate in coffee science for the first time in history. In For the first time in Ethiopia, students who studied in the field of coffee science are about to graduate. Bonga University, at the end of the academic year of 2023, will graduate 37 students in the field of "Coffee Science" for the first time in Ethiopia. The university said that, since coffee production is Ethiopia's biggest foreign currency earner, by the end of 2023, 37 students will graduate in the field of coffee science. Even though, Ethiopia is a country that has contributed coffee…
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Addis Ababa set to host a coffee festival in March

Addis Ababa set to host a coffee festival in March

An exhibition will be organized to show the process of making Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and its related culture, which aims to promote Ethiopian coffee culture. This fair, organized by Warka Coffee, a private company, will be held next Saturday, March 18 2023 at Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa. The founder and manager of the organization, Ms. Seada Mustafa, said in a statement about the fair that "Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and related cultures will be presented to the audience." Mrs. Seada, who said that all Ethiopians are invited to the event, pointed out that the ambassadors of countries who're buying Ethiopian…
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Kaldis Coffee Opens its new branch in Dubai

Kaldis Coffee Opens its new branch in Dubai

Kaldis Coffee opened its new branch in Dubai A reknown coffe deliver company, Kaldis coffee has more than 40 branches in Addis Ababa, Adama and Bishoftu. "Kaldis Coffee" has opened its first branch out of the country in Dubai. Kaldis spent 200,000 dollars to open a branch in Dubai, the center of trade and tourism in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai Kaldis Coffee, which started three weeks ago with ten employees and plans to expand its branches in othe middle east countries. The founder of Kaldis Coffee, Mrs. Tsedey Asrat, said that when she opened Kaldis in Dubai, she wanted…
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Ethiopia coffee export to increase by 560 metric tones

Ethiopia coffee export to increase by 560 metric tones

Ethiopia’s coffee exports are anticipated to increase to a 4.72 million bags, a record (280,560 metric tones – MT) from 282,000 MT the previous year, says a new report. During this period Ethiopia is expected to produce 8.25 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee (495,000 MT), according to the report released a few weeks ago by United States Department of Agriculture. More than 15 million smallholder farmers and other industry participants rely on coffee as their primary source of income in Ethiopia. Last Ethiopian budget year 2021/22, Ethiopia’s coffee exports totaled 4.70 million bags (282,000 MT) In 2020 and 21 Ethiopia’s…
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Ethiopian Cup of Excellence 2022 Winner Breaks Record Sales Price

Ethiopian Cup of Excellence 2022 Winner Breaks Record Sales Price

Legese Botosa Dikale, a Sidama coffee farmer, produced the top scoring coffee of Cup of Excellence Ethiopia (COE) 2022 which sold at a staggering price of $400.50 per pound or $884.10 per kilogram (ETB47,236.23) at an auction held This is the highest price ever recorded for an Ethiopian coffee. The top bidders and winners of the coffee were LNK Coffee Trading DMCC and SAZA Coffee. The winning lots are the top 30 coffees that scored above an 87 by the Cup of Excellence International Jury (Legese’s scored a whopping 90.69). These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five…
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Ethiopia’s Coffee Export to China Continues to Increase

Ethiopia’s Coffee Export to China Continues to Increase

China expects coffee import from Ethiopia to grow further after increasing demand propels the East Asian nation to rank among the top ten destinations for Ethiopian coffee export.  Diversification of markets for coffee export, particularly in new rising Asian markets, was among the major factors that helps the Coffee export bring in a record annual revenue in the 2021/22 fiscal year, according to the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority. Ethiopia exported 5,879.34 tons of coffee to China in the first ten months of 2021/22FY alone, earning 30.4 million US dollars, up by 31% from the same period last year. The increase…
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Ethiopia’s coffee beats odds at export market

Ethiopia’s coffee beats odds at export market

Africa’s coffee export registers reduction as of May while on the flipside Ethiopia’s export gained about a fifth increment in comparison to a similar period of 2021. Globally, coffee prices have shown a 4.5 percent gain in June. The International Coffee Organization (ICO), an intergovernmental organization for the bean, through its monthly coffee market report indicated that some enhancement has been recorded in the June trading as compared to the preceding month which registered the lowest rate in the coffee year that started in October. The monthly report stated that the ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) gained 4.5 percent from…
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Ethiopia’s Annual Coffee Export Revenue Hits Record $1.4bln

Ethiopia’s Annual Coffee Export Revenue Hits Record $1.4bln

Ethiopia has obtained a record-hit $1.4 billion dollars from Coffee export in the just concluded 2021/22 fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The revenue, the highest the country obtained in its history, has also surpassed the target for the budget year officials set at a little over a billion dollars. The previous recording of coffee export earnings was registered last year when the country secured $906 Million after exporting 248, 000 tonnes of coffee.   “In the last 12 months, Ethiopia exported 300,000 tons of coffee and generated 1.4 billion USD,” revealed Agriculture Minister Oumer Hussien, on his Twitter on Sunday.…
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