Jabana
Jabana ( Amharic ጀበና Djäbäna ; Arabic جبنة Jabana ; Alternative spellings Dschabana, Jebana, Jebena or Djebenna ) is a traditional, northeast African coffee pot , as used in Ethiopia , Eritrea and Sudan .
In Ethiopia, the jabana is a bulbous vessel with a long, thin neck, a curved spout, handle and a semicircular base. This jug is made of clay and is usually about eight inches tall. Because of the rounded base, a frame or a fabric ring is required as a base to set up the jug. At the same time, this round shape ensures that the steam bubbles are distributed more evenly during cooking, which helps prevent over-foaming.
There are similar jugs in the other two countries. In Sudan, smaller pots made of soldered tinplate , which are made from reused tin cans, are somewhat more common than clay pots . A funnel-shaped neck is the only opening that leads upwards from its round body. Sometimes a handle is attached to the side. The vessel size is sufficient for one or two people. Coffee, which in Sudan is called Jabana just like the vessel , is drunk black and with the addition of ginger and lots of sugar from small cups.
In coffee shops or by women who offer the drink at small tables and stools outside, a small clay bowl with aromatic, smoking charcoal is usually served on the tray with coffee pot, cups and sugar bowl . This coffee pot is part of the national culture in Sudan and is often depicted, in Port Sudan it is elevated in a meter-sized monument made of cement.
Coffee is of even greater cultural importance in Ethiopia, where coffee is the country's main export product and where the origin of the coffee bean is suspected. An Ethiopian coffee ceremony involves roasting the green beans just before the coffee is brewed. The coffee beans, ground to a coarse powder in a mortar , are boiled with water in the pot. It can be topped up with water two to three times and brewed again, with a correspondingly thinner result.
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- ↑ Emily Doyle: Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. epicurean.com