One of these dedicated women can sort defects from up to 150 kg of raw coffee beans each day at the Hadero coffee processing plant. This photo taken by a mobile phone shows a machine roasting coffee beans at a coffee roastery in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on June 8, 2024. "Ethiopia has been exporting green coffee beans for many years. We have to add value to it, as the price for value-added coffee is much higher than for green coffee. Ahmed, the company's director of business development, said China is now "an emerging and big coffee market" with greater market potential and incentives for Ethiopian coffee exporting companies.

Source: Ethiopian News July 17, 2024 21:19 UTC