The coffee plant — a woody perennial evergreen shrub that can grow to 12 feet — was first cultivated in this region of southern Ethiopia. The Arabica strain, which today accounts for at least ...

The coffee plant’s discovery traces back to the Ethiopian plateau, where legend says a goat herder named Kaldi first noticed his goats becoming energetic after eating berries from certain trees.

Ethiopia could lose from 39 percent to 59 percent of its current coffee-growing areas to climate change by the end of the century, according to a new study published in Nature Plants.. Ethiopian ...

The coffee plant grows well in Ethiopia – the land and climate in which it originated. At the same time, on a social level, it was necessary to unite a divided population. By drinking coffee openly, ...

Ethiopia is known as the birthplace of coffee — the coffee plant, coffea arabica, is native to the country's southwestern plateaus.Coffee is also central to Ethiopia's culture and its economy ...

Addis Ababa, February, 23, 2025 (POA)—Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh stated that Ethiopia has planted 8.5 billion improved species of coffee seedlings in five years to boost coffee ...

A naturally caffeine-free coffee plant has been found growing wild in Ethiopia, heralding the prospect of a cup of freshly-ground arabica that will not keep you awake.

Coffee plants were brought over from Ethiopia, Yemen lacking its own indigenous coffee. There, Sufi monks prepared an infusion of coffee cherry leaves to stay awake and pray through the night.