Coffee Leaves and Beans, Harar, Ethiopia, July 2009

Coffee Leaves and Beans, Harar, Ethiopia, July 2009

Q’utti (coffee leaves) for tea, and Harar coffee beans (considered the finest in the world) sit in a display, tempting diners at a restaurant in Harar.

Q’utti is herbal tea-like, with just a touch of coffee and bitterness buried in the back-end of the flavour. In the South of Ethiopiia, it is prepared with salt, but I much prefer it without, and also without sugar.