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Coffee consumption among the Chabu

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Objects employed to process and consume infusions made of coffee leaves and beans. In the foreground a coffee drying platform (täree), a yellow plastic container with coffee leaves (k’aro) and a plastic drying surface on the floor; in a central position, and on a hearth (koytan), a k’are k’ondo, a pot with one vertical handle used for boiling coffee leaves. Next to it, and by the fireplace, a jebena, a highland coffee pot and a guboi, a serving pot for coffee leaves infusion (kari). In the foreground, and on top of a wooden tray (gäbätoy), five mátäge, small size consumption pottery cups, a big calabash (kaba) and calabash ladle (kabe toŋa). To the right of the image, one basketwork coffee filter (tajii), two pottery cups and different plastic containers.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E07

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

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Objects used in the processing and consumption of coffee leaves and beans infusions

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Materials

Clay

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Cooking area

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E07-1214