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September 10, 2012 by Anya Elise

Ethiopian new years celebration || For the Denver Post

There are few things I love more than coffee. I drink it daily. Frequently (almost always) twice.

So when I learned that in Ethiopia, the brewing, drinking and sharing of coffee is a near-spiritual activity commemorated in a daily ceremony, I thought, “This is an idea I can get behind.”

Yesterday afternoon, underneath a pavilion in Del Mar Park, washed over with Ethiopian music, the smell of incense, and surrounded by hundreds of people, I photographed this revered coffee ceremony for The Denver Post.

It was bliss.

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Posted in coffee, editorial · Tagged Any Semenoff The Denver Post, Aurora Ethiopian community, Ethiopian coffee, Ethiopian New Years · 2 Replies ·

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July 25, 2012 by Anya Elise

caffeine cohorts || coffee lovin’

It’s no secret I adore the bean juice popularly known as coffee.

As such, I found a new life motto today:

“Caffeine is what binds us together as human beings, although maybe that’s just the caffeine talking.”

It comes from San Francisco Chronicle, longtime columnist, Jon Carroll. The column in question stitches together little observations from an afternoon at a coffee shop, nursing a coffee creation. It’s wonderful and needless to say, you should read it.

Go now. Do it!

Posted in coffee, fancy phone photo, food, personal · Tagged caffeine cohorts, coffee, coffee lovin, Jon Carroll · 4 Replies ·
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