Ethiopian Coffee

Out of personal experience, I never drink coffee on an airplane. It's invariably a thin bitter caffeine tea so tasteless it demands pounds of sugar to be palatable - an unnecessary excess of calories for little or no pleasure whatsoever. Therefore, my instant reaction everytime i'm offered coffee in this situation is a categoric "thanks, but no thanks".

"Sugar and cream?"

This time it was no different - until the flight attendant passed by and a delicious sweet scent reached my nostrils.



"Hey... come back! I've changed my mind. The smell is so good I couldn't resist!"

She chuckled: "This is normal... Our grain is the best in the world. Even people who never drink coffee change their mind when they feel this scent."

I even considered discussing this fact - after all, I'm from a famous exporting coffee country! But after the first sip I gave up. If a supposedly lousy airplane coffee had that rich flavor, imagine their premium grain.

I savored that nectar in humility, happy for yet another unique experience given to me by Ethiopia.

PS: Arriving in Berlin, I found out that Starbucks had made ​​this discovery long before me.

I prefer the original.

P.P.S.: My post-trip research revealed that the global coffee origin is in fact from Ethiopia, and that until today it represents about 85% of the country's economy.