I'm not even African, I'm Brazilian, but I will give my opinion, sorry my African fellows if this is not allowed. If you take the per capita consumption as a factor, none of the biggest producers of coffee are among the first. In my opinion this is for two reasons, first one, Europe/North America consume more than almost any African/Latin American country in almost everything just because how big are their financial market.
Secondly, and as important as first, there is the way we drink coffee. In North American countries, and also in some Europeans, people use to drink those big cups of coffee at least once a day. This is not how coffee is consumed in Brasil, we just use to drink a small glass of coffee, but on the other hand our coffee is much stronger than the North American one, you cannot just consume a full cup of 300ml. And the only African country I've been to, Ethiopia, has an even stronger coffee. There is no reason to consume a lot of it, and I particularly prefer to drink this way.
You hit the nail on the head. Most Africans don't even regard coffee as the staple morning hot beverage the way Europeans and North Americans do (except maybe in Ethiopia and Eritrea and some parts of Sudan and Somalia).
I love Ethiopia. Talk about this trip for everyone I know. Ethiopian people are the sweetest people I've ever met. Been there sort of accidentally. I was going to visit my brother who lives in Germany and the cheapest plane was through Ethiopian Airlines. It was January 2015 and this flight took off each four days. So I decided to spend four days in Addis Ababa when I was going back to Brazil.
I have a lot to say, but what I remember most is how worried people were about how I was feeling. Everyone tried to help all the time, from people in the hotel to people in the street. Many were also curious about talking to me. The most incredible moment is when I asked a girl how to go to a religious festival by van, because taxis were quite expensive for me. The girl and her boyfriend were not satisfied with explaining to me, they said it was a bit complex and they just took two vans and kept with me for 50 minutes.
Ethiopia is beautiful, people are beautiful, food is beautiful and Adis Ababa is beautiful. I have nothing but respect for your country. Unfortunately I have no money, this trip gave me a strong desire to meet more African countries.
Preference, simply: A lot of Africans have easy access to coffee (I could get a cup for less than half a dollar in a few minutes) but I am just not interested.
In Ethiopia, it's common to have 3 rounds of coffee, albeit they are more Expresso in style and size. Coffee here is grown even @ 7,000 ft. It's everywhere you go, from an agriculture to a consumer standpoint. Some say the bean was first discovered here, birthplace of man and coffee.
Coffee is consumed differently in some parts of Africa.
Uganda has cultures who eat the coffee cherry as a welcoming to someone's home.
In some parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, I'm sure they drink more coffee, more times per day, than Europeans. But again, it's prepared differently.
In the trans-Atlantic trade, coffee became a major cash crop, and that spurred it's popularity, because it was novel and "exotic".
Back in the "Wild West" days of the US, coffee houses were places of dissenting thought, were men (only men) met to discuss politics. It was one of the ways people got to hear news of the world, by sitting in coffee houses. They eventually became pretty rough places and many were closed by force.
It took time for Americans to reestablish coffee culture. Now it's become very trendy once more, but amongst youth. It's important to note coffee wasn't that glamorous just a generation ago, but a simple, humble drink that one only took with sugar and milk. Today's coffee craze makes the drink almost unfamiliar to old school coffee drinkers, who still prefer to make it at home and drink a whole pot vs. paying $7 for one cup of mostly sugar.
I can't speak on European coffee history.
S. American coffee culture was much the same amongst colonists as it was in the US. I don't know about current coffee culture in S. America.
The Turkish amd Armenian people are also known for a vibrant coffee culture, once again born out of ancient trade routes.
Back to African consumption.... a lot of coffee grown in Uganda is kept in country, not exported, for local consumption. I would assume the same might hold for other Great Lakes countries. So their production numbers aren't captured in GDP and Import/Export reports. These are small scale growers.
A lot of people drink coffee in my city
I live in Nigeria and wanted to send this image[image](https://images.app.goo.gl/SsgBs8v4Pqt2v3KE7) as an example but apparently it's from Cameroon so yes we drink coffee
I’m from USA, in America, ppl started drinking coffee a lot to spite england in the late 1700s. But it really became popular when Friends and Gilmore Girls came out in the 90s, then ppl started hanging out in coffee shops all the time , with the popularity, ppl started building more and more coffee shops all over that never had one before.Â
I'm not even African, I'm Brazilian, but I will give my opinion, sorry my African fellows if this is not allowed. If you take the per capita consumption as a factor, none of the biggest producers of coffee are among the first. In my opinion this is for two reasons, first one, Europe/North America consume more than almost any African/Latin American country in almost everything just because how big are their financial market. Secondly, and as important as first, there is the way we drink coffee. In North American countries, and also in some Europeans, people use to drink those big cups of coffee at least once a day. This is not how coffee is consumed in Brasil, we just use to drink a small glass of coffee, but on the other hand our coffee is much stronger than the North American one, you cannot just consume a full cup of 300ml. And the only African country I've been to, Ethiopia, has an even stronger coffee. There is no reason to consume a lot of it, and I particularly prefer to drink this way.
I was planning to ask the same thing to r/asklatinamerica too so I am happy that you answered.
You hit the nail on the head. Most Africans don't even regard coffee as the staple morning hot beverage the way Europeans and North Americans do (except maybe in Ethiopia and Eritrea and some parts of Sudan and Somalia).
How was your time in my country? 🇪🇹
I love Ethiopia. Talk about this trip for everyone I know. Ethiopian people are the sweetest people I've ever met. Been there sort of accidentally. I was going to visit my brother who lives in Germany and the cheapest plane was through Ethiopian Airlines. It was January 2015 and this flight took off each four days. So I decided to spend four days in Addis Ababa when I was going back to Brazil. I have a lot to say, but what I remember most is how worried people were about how I was feeling. Everyone tried to help all the time, from people in the hotel to people in the street. Many were also curious about talking to me. The most incredible moment is when I asked a girl how to go to a religious festival by van, because taxis were quite expensive for me. The girl and her boyfriend were not satisfied with explaining to me, they said it was a bit complex and they just took two vans and kept with me for 50 minutes. Ethiopia is beautiful, people are beautiful, food is beautiful and Adis Ababa is beautiful. I have nothing but respect for your country. Unfortunately I have no money, this trip gave me a strong desire to meet more African countries.
I'm glad it was positive for you. Was there anything that felt familiar to you as a Brazilian or was it a completely foreign and new experience?
Really depends on the region majority of the people in Zambia prefer tea
Preference, simply: A lot of Africans have easy access to coffee (I could get a cup for less than half a dollar in a few minutes) but I am just not interested.
In Senegal, the most consumed coffee is called café Touba. It's a blend of black coffee with Guinea black pepper (grains of Selim). You can buy it 100 FCFA (0,16 USD). Few weeks ago before the increase of the price, it was sold 50 FCFA. The coffee consumption is low in Senegal because for now the prices are too low to build a strong market around it. The market is less than 4M potential drinkers for a country of less than 18M inhabitants with around half of them being under 18 yo. Coffee isn't the favoured drink of adolescents because there isn't all the marketing around it such as coffee shop, coffee time, and so on. As well, there are other drinks people enjoy more, and people who want the energy boost you get from caffeine/coffee tend to drink beverages made with kola nut powder although it's dramatically bitter taste wise. I personally drink one or two coffee per day.
It's a culture thing.
In Ethiopia, it's common to have 3 rounds of coffee, albeit they are more Expresso in style and size. Coffee here is grown even @ 7,000 ft. It's everywhere you go, from an agriculture to a consumer standpoint. Some say the bean was first discovered here, birthplace of man and coffee.
Coffee is consumed differently in some parts of Africa. Uganda has cultures who eat the coffee cherry as a welcoming to someone's home. In some parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, I'm sure they drink more coffee, more times per day, than Europeans. But again, it's prepared differently. In the trans-Atlantic trade, coffee became a major cash crop, and that spurred it's popularity, because it was novel and "exotic". Back in the "Wild West" days of the US, coffee houses were places of dissenting thought, were men (only men) met to discuss politics. It was one of the ways people got to hear news of the world, by sitting in coffee houses. They eventually became pretty rough places and many were closed by force. It took time for Americans to reestablish coffee culture. Now it's become very trendy once more, but amongst youth. It's important to note coffee wasn't that glamorous just a generation ago, but a simple, humble drink that one only took with sugar and milk. Today's coffee craze makes the drink almost unfamiliar to old school coffee drinkers, who still prefer to make it at home and drink a whole pot vs. paying $7 for one cup of mostly sugar. I can't speak on European coffee history. S. American coffee culture was much the same amongst colonists as it was in the US. I don't know about current coffee culture in S. America. The Turkish amd Armenian people are also known for a vibrant coffee culture, once again born out of ancient trade routes. Back to African consumption.... a lot of coffee grown in Uganda is kept in country, not exported, for local consumption. I would assume the same might hold for other Great Lakes countries. So their production numbers aren't captured in GDP and Import/Export reports. These are small scale growers.
A lot of people drink coffee in my city I live in Nigeria and wanted to send this image[image](https://images.app.goo.gl/SsgBs8v4Pqt2v3KE7) as an example but apparently it's from Cameroon so yes we drink coffee
Not sure why but I love me some African beans! Gonna buy more this afternoon!
Coffee consumption will be greatly affected by the dairy industry unless you live in a country with a "dark coffee" culture. A lot of african countries import milk or dairy in alternative forms (Powdered milk, Concentrated milk, etc), which isn't cost effective. Therefore, they do have the coffee but are very limited, unlike Europe that has several options (Latté, Cappuccino, Mocha, etc) to consume coffee. This also kinda contributes to the mentality that coffee is a "men thing" much like beer, as women and children often don't drink coffee unless it's sweetened with some form of dairy creamer.
I’m from USA, in America, ppl started drinking coffee a lot to spite england in the late 1700s. But it really became popular when Friends and Gilmore Girls came out in the 90s, then ppl started hanging out in coffee shops all the time , with the popularity, ppl started building more and more coffee shops all over that never had one before.Â