Heidi Tadesse (INeedCoffee.com)

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Heidi Tadesse

I am orginally from Ethiopia. When I was younger my parents had a coffee tree in the back of the house. When ripe the coffee beans have a beautiful redish color and a sweet taste. We would pick the beans and dry it in the sun (depending on the weather it could take weeks to dry). As the beans dried, the color and the size of the bean changes; they became smaller and darker

From a very young age I watched my mother preparing the coffee ceremony every day in the morning. She would invite all her neighbours and prepare little snacks. Everyone would talk about what had happened the night before and share their dreams. The cermony lasts over two hours and can include a fortune-telleing reading of the coffee grounds.

The first time I roasted coffee I was 10 years. I was fascinated how the simplest thing ( coffee) brought a big gathering in my mother's house every day

Article	Section	Topic
Roasting Coffee in a Frying Pan	Roasting	Frying Pan
Tutorial on home roasting coffee on a stove top using a frying pan.

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