(Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)The increasing number of consumers and growing popularity of Ethiopia's coffee among the Chinese people is propelling Ethiopia's coffee export market, officials and coffee exporters said. ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The increasing number of consumers and growing popularity of Ethiopia's coffee among the Chinese people is propelling Ethiopia's coffee export market, officials and coffee exporters said. "Currently, the youth in China are really fond of Ethiopian coffee and we are witnessing growing coffee market share in China and other parts of Asia," Adugna Debela, director general of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA), said in a recent interview with Xinhua. Amid the growing demand for Ethiopian coffee in the Chinese coffee market, a growing number of Ethiopian coffee growers and exporters are vying to penetrate the emerging Chinese coffee market. Photo taken on Oct. 26, 2021 shows a display of traditional Ethiopian coffee pot and cups at the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority headquarters in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News September 27, 2022 16:06 UTC