By Zeke

In the morning, we got picked up by our guide and drove to a small town on the side of a mountain, where we would start our tour. We started by walking through a ladies market were only ladies can sell stuff but everyone can buy. After that, we walked down to a church that was the first church in the town. There was a monument that had the names of all the German missionaries that had come there. Next, we walked to the court house where they punish people.

Next, we walked to the farm. All the coffee is organic and fair trade, which means that they make sure no chemicals touch the beans and that the farmers get as much money as the company that sells the coffee. Our guide told us the history of the coffee industry. First, the Germans came and they planted Ethiopian coffee plants but then the British came and because they only drank tea, the price of coffee went down. Now the price is slowly creeping up. At the farm we saw the beans. Did you know that when the beans are red you pick them? After picking the beans, they shell them and separate the good beans from the bad beans. After that, they dry them and then roast them.

Finally, we walked to the roastery and had lunch. For lunch, we had goat stew [but the guide kept on calling it sauce] ,chapati [a flatbread] ,ugali [stiff porridge],and spinach. Lastly, we went to where they roast the beans and saw them roasting and then bought some coffee. It was very fun and we learned a lot.