Edging toward Ethiopia. (increasing demand for Ethiopian coffee)(Industry Overview) From: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the beginning was the word, and for coffee buffs the word was Arabica - from Ethiopia, that is. For many, it still is.

Although coffee was domesticated across the Red Sea in Yemen, wild Arabica trees are native to Ethiopia where they are still harvested by hand. Despite the demand for their fruit, many trees go unpicked simply because they are found in remote, nearly inaccessible regions of the mountainous hinterlands. If one could get to them with any ease, it has been calculated that Ethiopia's coffee production could triple without planting a single new tree.

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