Food Tour in Addis Ababa
PRIVATE ETHIOPIAN FOOD TOUR IN ADDIS ABABA
Culinary Experience in Addis Ababa with tour guide
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Stopover travelers at Addis Ababa can experience Ethiopia through it food in few hours before their next flight. Read below and plan your private food tour in Addis Ababa with us.
Foodies who want to discover the unique culture and way of life of Ethiopians with food and drinks have to try the following: -
If you have less than 4 hours, drive to Sholla Market which is about 15 minutes drive from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport taking the ring road via Megenagna.
At Sholla Market, walk with your tour guide to interesting parts of the market. Visit the local grain market section to see "Teff". Teff grains are very tiny seeds used to make the national bread of Ethiopia - "Enjera".
Preparation of Enjera needs at least three days. After the Teff is ground, mixed well with water and yeast, it should be let long enough until the dough is fermented.
Enjera is a healthy bread as Teff is gluten-free, and rich in iron, calcium, and carbohydrates. You can get your Enjera or Injera mainly in dark brown and white depending on the color of the Teff grain.
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| Ethiopian vegetarian meal locally known as Yetsom Beyaynet |
The other spot in the Sholla market you shouldn't miss is the Spice Market. Here you will see all the spice ingredients Ethiopians use to make their deliciously hot meals.
If you have enough time, visiting Merkato which is the largest outdoor market, not only in Ethiopia but in Africa, is much more interesting than the Sholla Market.
The Spice Market, the Chat Market (Chat is green leaves very popular in Ethiopia chewed for physical and mental stimulation), Basket Market, Diary products market, and Kotcho & Bulla Market section of Merkato is what everyone has to see. Kotcho is a bread and Bulla is a porridge prepared from the root and stalk of a plant called Enset or False Banana tree which is typical for the people of southern and western Ethiopia.
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| Setting of Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony |
The typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony is one thing a visitor of Addis Ababa has to do. Addis is probably the best place to enjoy your cup of coffee as Coffee is originated from Western Ethiopia's province called "Keffa".
Ethiopians enjoy their coffee after meals with three rounds of cups of coffee. First, the coffee beans has to be clean by picking the bad beans off and has to be washed by hand. Then, they heat the iron pan on fire and roast it. When roasted as desired (because the color of the coffee depends on how well it is roasted and how dark the beans are), the woman (its normally woman) who prepares it presents the aroma in front of the guest to let them smell it.
It is considered as a sign of being a welcoming host and respect. Next, the roasted coffee is pounded by hand using mortar and pixel. Again, the texture or how fine the powder is decisive for the quality of the coffee. The ground coffee is then added on a hot boiling water in a typical Ethiopian clay pot, mix the water with the coffee powder by shaking it and let it boil on the fire. After it boils well but before out burst, it is taken of the fire and let it for few minutes until it settles. The first cup of coffee is called in Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia) as "Abol".
Abol is the strongest and most flavorful. The next two cups of coffee is prepared by adding more water in the coffee pot and boiling it again and again.
Ethiopians put fresh green grass on the ground during the coffee ceremony in order to create enjoyable and refreshing environment. Spices used in preparing the coffee may include pint of cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom. Most commonly, Ethiopians dip a twig in the cup called "Tena Adam" or Rue for its flavor. Burning Frankincense for the great fragrance and presenting some snacks such as pop corns, roasted barley or piece of bread is always accompanied.
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| Roasting coffee beans |
Enjoying talks and sharing news with neighbors or participants is always the order of the session. Learn more about how to perform a cultural Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
If you may want to taste the varieties of delicious Ethiopian meals before your next flight, you may stop at Habesha 2000 Ethiopian Traditional Restaurant OR Yod Abyssinia Cultural Restaurant both of which are close to the airport.
Stop at one of the small street side Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony hosts and enjoy it like locals. Then, with a help of a local, you may stop at one of the 'Tej Bets' to taste Tej or a locally brewed honey wine. It is a mead like drink prepared from honey, water and hops.
This Food tour of Addis Ababa can be customized to fit how long visitors have in Addis and what to visit in Addis Ababa. Please, check details of this city tour of Addis Ababa and Contact soon for details or booking the tour!
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