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10:54 March 18th, 2007

Coffee with a kick…

Posted by: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Editor
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Weapons of war aid Ethiopia coffee trade

What exactly does this machine look like. do you have a picture? I am from Ethiopia and fascinated by your story.

Tameru

I’m not sure why this story went out online initially without illustration, but yes, we do have pictures. Here’s one below, and you can see more here and here. Enjoy: GBU Editor

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Metal workers make coffee machines using used mortar shells inside the workshop of Azemeraw Zeleke in Mekele, north of Ethiopia, March 13, 2007. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

 

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That is certainly one way of turning lemons into lemondade.

- Posted by jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com

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