Backup roaster - the iRoast Their roaster broke, but luckily they ahd an iRoast around to produce a few samples for us to cup. |
IPS Big Shots The 5 stakeholders in IPS. It's nice to see a woman in there! IPS has a lot of different coffees and whittles down regions into very small districts, and ultimately to townships. |
Micro Truck. Back to the streets of Addis. I lve the cars here, especially all the micro vans and trucks such as this. They would never pass safety tests for use in the US, methinks. |
It looks like a Scout but ... There are an amazing amount of cool 4WD vehicles here. This one is tought for me to figure, since it definitely was not a US import. Is it a Nissan-Datsun, odd Toyota, Land Rover? You tell me. |
Urban Herd It's typical to see a lot of livestock in Addis ... not that's fresh food! |
Eucalyptus Just as they use bamboo in modern construction in Asia, as scaffolding and such, they use skinny little Eucalyptus logs here. |
evangelical In case HE is looking down, a homemade window sticker affirming that God kicks butt! Now, whuy would God need this little affirmation, I don't know.... |
Next days cupping ... Trabocca The next day I headed out solo to Trabocca. Ironically, it is in the same builing as the dentist where Tim had his tooth glued back ina couple days earlier. |
Abraham Begashaw Abraham is the head of Trabocca's Ethiopia office. He is an experienced cupper with 20 years of experience. |
Abraham Begashaw |
Haile Berhane Haile is the Trabocca Field Coordinator who works out of the Addis office. |
Sarah Negash Sarah Negash roasts the coffee samples on a 2 barrel probat and sets up the cuppings. |
Coffee sample rack Incoming coffee samples at Trabocca |
In case your forget ... The custom Trabocca cups are there to remind you where you're at. |
Abraham breaks the crust Breaking the crust to judge the aromatics. |
Last round That's me going around the table the last time to judge flavor as the cup cools. These were some very nice coffees, including a range of new crop Yirga Chefe, Limu and Sidamo coffees. |
On a mission ... After leaving the Trabocca office, we followed this truck to ... |
More Giant Cokes ... more giant Cokes... |
Later that day, the market in Addis Later on, Gatacho was kind enough to take me and another gringo to the market. The market in Addis is a must-see! |
no brand names Sure, they look like Adidas and Nikes, but rest assured they aren't. The market in Addis is full of great knock-off clothing. |
The Spice Market Like a lot of big markets, there are areas for each type of commodity. This is "spice alley" at the Addis market. |
Chiles and Yams Chiles and Yams: what a combination |
Array of Spices There's a pretty good selection of spices available, and all very fresh. |
Spice Row - at the market in Addis Spice Row - at the market in Addis |
All Types There are vendors with shops and others that just seem to throw down some cardboard and sell their stuff. |
Lottery Tickets Try your luck at the Ethiopian Lottery. |
Not seen in Yemen There is little alcohol to be found in Yemen, but since Ethiopia is as much Islamic as it is Coptic Catholic, you see more drunkeness and such. |
Fashions galore There are some interesting selections of dresses and such. Not sure Maria would ever wear these if I bought them... |
Super Scarey Oversized doll manequin ... not sure that would sell many dresses in the US. |
Omnipresent white lady As I mentioned, everywhere you go you see these extremely white plastic ladies in Addis, especially in the market. |
hair colors She come with red hair, blue hair, and other various colors. |
Muslim salespeople, western fashions Muslim salespeople, western fashions |
The source ...And here's where they come from. |
Speaking of fright ... what a way to show off your wigs and hairpieces - you could make a horror movie from this thing. |
Bric a Brac Get away from the tourist items, and you won't see another Westerner for a long time. This section of the market is real miscellany. |
More Misc. Just a nice picture. |
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