Ethiopian Coffee Traditions w/ Eight50 Coffee
Coffee growing is a trade woven into Muna Mohammed's DNA. Coming from a long line of Ethiopian coffee farmers and roasters, her father would recount stories from his childhood in Ethiopia with infectious enthusiasm. Growing up in Canada, she developed a fascination with coffee and knew it was a tradition she wanted to continue.
With her legacy, Muna brought together her love of coffee, community, and entrepreneurial experience to build the responsibly sourced coffee company Eight50.
In this culinary experience, learn about the history of coffee and pay homage to the birthplace of coffee while discovering its origins, ancient rituals and the beginnings of the drink we can't start our day without.
Length: 60 minutes
Sample Menu:
Eight50 Cold Brew
Eight50 Hot Brew
2 Chocolate Bonbons
Coffee Kits: Canada-wide delivery
Type: Virtual or In-Person
Serves: 1
Meet your guide: Muna Mohammed
Muna Mohammed is the founder of Eight50 Coffee a Canadian coffee company.
With deep roots from the birthplace of coffee as well as coming from an Oromo coffee producing family in the Harar highlands of Eastern Ethiopia, she wanted to make an impact by offering responsibly sourced coffee, sharing ancient coffee traditions, coffee history and working with coffee farmers and local artisans to create various sustainable coffee by-products, just as her ancestors did to minimize coffee waste.
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