Coffee Enjoyment: Diverse Customs from around the World

Tim Wendelboe is a Barista world champion, excellent taster and owner of a coffee shop in Oslo, Norway. He could drink perfect coffee every day with the temperature of the water precisely controlled to the degree, beans ground by the gram and brewed with a stopwatch. But when asked by Falstaff which coffee culture he likes best, Wendelboe answers "Ethiopian" – and it couldn't be further from machine perfection. Drinking traditional coffee in Ethiopia, the home of the coffee bean, usually takes several hours.