A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
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<strong>Coffe</strong>e can also be used in other cerem<strong>on</strong>ies as Muslim exorcism sessi<strong>on</strong>s or Christian<br />
zar evocati<strong>on</strong>s at night, both called wädaga (Mercier, 1980-2).<br />
5.1.2) Other c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> ways<br />
The <strong>coffee</strong> part the most comm<strong>on</strong>ly c<strong>on</strong>sumed is the bean, as in western countries, and<br />
since the Amhara dominati<strong>on</strong> most of traditi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>coffee</strong> preparati<strong>on</strong>s tend to disappear or yet<br />
disappeared.<br />
As in <strong>Limu</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>, and Kaffa historical province globally, Oromo people used and<br />
still use (but rarely and in excepti<strong>on</strong>al purposes, in remote areas) to c<strong>on</strong>sume a typical<br />
preparati<strong>on</strong>: Buna Qalaa which is <strong>coffee</strong> cooked with butter, melt with different species and<br />
salt. A Genet farmer told me this preparati<strong>on</strong> appeared approximately during the 17 th century<br />
in Oromo culture. Is there a link between this preparati<strong>on</strong> and the <strong>on</strong>es, as Mercier noted,<br />
Grühl and Bruce observed? In the 1920’s, Max Grühl described the traditi<strong>on</strong>al Kaffa way of<br />
<strong>coffee</strong> preparati<strong>on</strong> as a boiling spices with pellets made of roasted <strong>coffee</strong> powder mixed with<br />
butter and h<strong>on</strong>ey. Before, in the sec<strong>on</strong>d half of 18 th century, Bruce already noted that Oromo<br />
people living in Amhara kingdom used to eat roasted <strong>coffee</strong> powder pellets mixed with butter.<br />
Another preparati<strong>on</strong> currently found in Oromo regi<strong>on</strong>s, and very spread in the whole<br />
<strong>Limu</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>, is the <strong>coffee</strong> husk decocti<strong>on</strong> called hogga or qasara. Afar people also c<strong>on</strong>sume<br />
<strong>coffee</strong> in this way, even more comm<strong>on</strong>ly.<br />
Mahlé, Omo people, infuse <strong>coffee</strong> with parchment. It is interesting to note the<br />
similitude between this people name and the old introduced <strong>coffee</strong> varieties <strong>on</strong>e (Malé) in<br />
<strong>Limu</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
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