Episodes
This segment tries to summarize the episode on the cultural heritage status of coffee for Ethiopians along with the supply and value chains for coffee in Ethiopia and reinforce the view that Ethiopians are pioneers of coffee culture. Coffee is both food and beverages as both coffee and tea drinks. Ethiopians love everything coffee and use the leaves, husks, and of course beans. As the cradle of Coffea arabica and mankind, there is nothing surprising about this. Coffee also started out as a...
Published 06/24/20
This segment provides the numbers behind our place in the global consumption space and highlights the view that Ethiopians are pioneers of coffee culture. Coffee is both food and beverages as both coffee and tea drinks. Ethiopians love everything coffee and use the leaves, husks, and of course beans. As the cradle of Coffea arabica and mankind, there is nothing surprising about this. Coffee also started out as a social drink in Ethiopia and not commercial. It's also the reason why Ethiopians...
Published 06/17/20
Ethiopians are pioneers of coffee culture. Coffee is both food and beverages as both coffee and tea drinks. Ethiopians love everything coffee and use the leaves, husks, and of course beans. As the cradle of Coffea arabica and mankind, there is nothing surprising about this. Coffee also started out as a social drink in Ethiopia and not commercial. It's also the reason why Ethiopians drink most of the coffee they produce rather than export it. This episode is a six segment part and will dwell...
Published 06/10/20
Ethiopians are pioneers of coffee culture. Coffee is both food and beverages as both coffee and tea drinks. Ethiopians love everything coffee and use the leaves, husks, and of course beans. As the cradle of Coffea arabica and mankind, there is nothing surprising about this. Coffee also started out as a social drink in Ethiopia and not commercial. It's also the reason why Ethiopians drink most of the coffee they produce rather than export it. This episode is a six segment part and will dwell...
Published 06/03/20
A single article written in March 1962 on a magazine prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture FSA triggered my reflection. Reading the article and the situation of then and compare it to the now, I just had to ask where we have been as Ethiopians. Our governments and coffee system since the 1950s have clearly failed to transfer the coffee sector. The problems presented then and today by the sector remain the same, i.e. productivity, quality, and logistics. If the problems are the same,...
Published 05/31/20
Ethiopians are pioneers of coffee culture. Coffee is both food and beverages as both coffee and tea drinks. Ethiopians love everything coffee and use the leaves, husks, and of course beans. As the cradle of Coffea arabica and mankind, there is nothing surprising about this. Coffee also started out as a social drink in Ethiopia and not commercial. It's also the reason why Ethiopians drink most of the coffee they produce rather than export it. This episode is a six segment part and will dwell...
Published 05/27/20
This segment is a continuation of the previous two and highlights the beautiful topography of Ethiopia with both extremely high and low elevations as a natural heritage and a key variable in the making of Ethiopian coffees. It also briefly reflects upon the opportunities that exist in diversifying the economy of Ethiopia with the development of coffee biotechnology and tourism as knowledge based industries. A few cultural heritages including drinks that Ethiopians has made for years were...
Published 05/20/20
This is part two of a three segment series of Episode 3a. The previous segment presented coffee as a natural heritage of Ethiopians along with its value as an educational platform. Here, it continues with the natural heritage theme and the genetic diversity of Ethiopian coffees and the opportunities that exist in coffee biotechnology for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation is explored. As an example, the work of World Coffee Research in developing a global coffee seedling...
Published 05/13/20
I reflect on current issues in Ethiopia, i.e. COVID-19, GMOs, and coffee, and their interconnectedness and where I fit in an a person. It is my hope that people appreciate our progress in technology including biotechnology and feel empathy for each other as we are in the same boat with COVID-19. If it wasn't for biotechnology, the backbone technology behind GMOs, it would have been next to impossible to have a scalable diagnostic test for COVID-19. We also wouldn't have a safe and mass...
Published 05/10/20
This is a three segment series of Episode 3a. It presents coffee as a natural heritage of Ethiopians along with its value as an educational platform is explored. Ethiopia is considered the place of origin for both Coffea arabica and modern humans. Thus, as beautiful as the Kaldi's the goat herder story is in discovering coffee, it doesn't quite capture the essence of Ethiopian Coffees. An alternative story that makes our natural heritage and ingenuity of past Ethiopians as innovators in...
Published 05/06/20
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Published 04/29/20
Published 04/29/20
Welcome to Episode 2. I just talk about me and the women that ruined my life for the better to give you a better sense of me and what the podcast intends to accomplish. I will take about 30 minutes of your life to talk about me and the women in my life. I am basically trying to brag politely 😁 enjoy and would love to hear from you as always. Much love from Addis. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dagmawi-ie/support
Published 04/29/20
The episode provides the rationale for doing a podcast on Ethiopians and our coffee cultures and technologies. It gives insight into the personal passion and experiences that led to this point. So, let's see how this goes 😊 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dagmawi-ie/support
Published 04/22/20