Seattle's Other Coffee Culture

In Ethiopian Coffee Ceremonies, Beans Are the Medium for Building Communityby Naomi TomkyMartha Ayele sits on a low stool in her Pinehurst restaurant, Jebena Cafe (1510 NE 117th St, 365-0757), to roast green coffee beans over a portable electric stove. Using a long, thin metal tool with a hooked end, she stirs the beans, letting them darken and scent the room, the aroma mingling with one coming from a nearby incense burner—another essential part of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony she has jus