by The Team at Go Addis | Feb 12, 2016 | Drinks
Photo via Twitter @CNN Catch Bourdain sipping on Turbo in the awesome episode of CNN’s Parts Unknown and wondering exactly what that strange combination of booze was? While Bourdain correctly sites that the #1 rule of drinking is never to mix, he also abides by the...
by The Team at Go Addis | Jan 5, 2016 | Drinks
1. There is GREAT Ethiopian! The newly released Rift Valley wines are high quality and a great deal at about $10 USD a bottle. 2. The Italian forces who occupied part of the country from 1936 to 1941 planted vines near Addis, as well as in the...
by The Team at Go Addis | Dec 29, 2015 | Drinks
1. Coffee. Duh. This one is a no brainer. There are two kinds of coffees served readily in Addis Ababa: ‘jebena buna’ which is coffee prepared the traditional way and cafe coffee, a leftover of the Italian occupation. ‘Jebena buna’ is coffee...
by AddisEats | Apr 30, 2015 | Drinks
Cuvee Prestige Chardonnay When we first arrived in Ethiopia in 2011 we could never have imagined we’d be drinking premium quality wines made in Ethiopia. Little did we know that in 2007 the Castel family, in private consultations with the late Prime...
by AddisEats | Nov 6, 2014 | Drinks
Juice Window We’re sitting in the back of another nondescript corrugated tin fruit and veggie stand enjoying a fantastic juice here in Addis Ababa. Today’s juice was four layers: avocado, papaya, mango and pineapple. When ordering it, I just asked for a...
by AddisEats | Feb 21, 2014 | Drinks, Travel
Magnum and Passion Fruit Juice is a big part of the cuisine here. Most shops that sell fruits and vegetables roadside are also making fresh juice in the back. In more upper class neighborhoods there are shops that specialize only in juice. The most common...
