Kaffa Coffee

Some 460 km to the southwest of Addis Ababa, we find the Kaffa zone. Bonga is the Capital of the Kaffa region, and the coffee grows in deeply forested areas.

This is the Birth of coffee actually, as in Bonga there is Menkira, where the oldest coffee genetics have been documented.

Bonga is a name rarely encountered when visiting Ethiopia, if at all. But it deserves to be better known: it's said to be the very birthplace of Arabica coffee.

The shade provided by forest trees means the beans develop slower, becoming more dense and flavorful as a result.