BrewingHeritage

Not just a coffee, it’s a vibe.

In Ethiopia, coffee is never poured in a hurry. It is roasted, pounded and brewed in front of you, then served three times so that nobody leaves early. Osaye puts that whole ceremony in one box.

Unpack a box The three rounds
The ceremony, green bean to cup.Open the brew guide
The ceremony ፩ / ፬

First

Roast.

Green beans go into the pan and over the heat. They crackle, darken and shine, and the smoke is carried round the room so every guest can breathe it in.

A flat iron roasting pan

Then

Pound.

Still warm, the beans are pounded by hand in the wooden mukecha. Uneven is fine. That is what hand-made tastes like.

A carved wooden mortar and pestle

Slowly

Brew.

The grounds go into the jebena, a clay pot with a round belly and a narrow neck, and come gently to the boil while the room fills with talk.

A clay jebena coffee pot

Three times

Pour.

One long, unbroken stream into six small cups. Then again, and again. Abol, tona, bereka.

All of it comes in the box

Six small handleless coffee cups

The ceremony,
boxed.

Beans, roasting pan, mortar, jebena, six cups and a guide. Open a box and scroll to watch every piece come out.

Walnut Heritage box, open

Walnut Heritage

Carved wooden box
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Highland Green box, open

Highland Green

Green gift box
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Buna Classic box, open

Buna Classic

Brown gift box
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One pot.
Three rounds.

The same grounds are brewed three times. Each cup is a little lighter than the last, and the conversation gets a little deeper.

፩First round
አቦል

Abol

The strongest, and the welcome.

Dark, thick and full of the roast you just smelled. This is the cup that greets you and wakes the room up.

፪Second round
ቶና

Tona

Milder, made for talking.

Water goes back onto the same grounds. By now the news is out, the stories have started and nobody is checking the time.

፫Third round
በረካ

Bereka

The lightest, and the blessing.

Bereka means blessing. You stay for it, and you leave with goodwill from everyone in the room.

It is good manners to stay for all three. Leaving before bereka is leaving before the blessing.

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What Osaye really sells

We don’t sell a faster cup. We sell the hour it takes to make one, and the people who sit with you while it brews.

Coffee was born in Ethiopia, and so was the habit of drinking it together. Every Osaye box carries the tools, the beans and the know-how, so the culture arrives with the coffee.

Your turn
to host.

Roast, pound, brew, and pour three times. The brew guide shows the ceremony and everything you need on the table.

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