Is That a Starbucks or a Stackbucks?

For those of you who don't know, coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia by a goat herder named Kaldi, around the year 850, when he noticed that his goats were very jittery after eating the beans off of the plant.

Coffee is a really big deal in Ethiopia. I don't normally drink coffee, but I definitely had my share of macchiatos this summer. It's hard to avoid them, as there are coffee places on every block.

One of my favorite coffee places is Kaldis. Kaldis is very unusual because there are 9 of them around Addis. Here, you can order drinks like a caramel frapuchino (not my spelling) and other drinks that sound strangely familiar. It is also unusual because they look like this...














We also stumbled across this little gem while in Harar...