Bunna-licious

That's right. The coffee gets its own post.

Ethiopia is well-known for its coffee. Ethiopians even claim that
this is the birthplace of coffee. I can't vouch for that, but I can
vouch for the fact that Ethiopian coffee is the best and cheapest I've
ever had. Bunna is very strong (but not bitter), and it's usually
taken with a lot of sugar. Down country (what they call parts of
Ethiopia lower than Addis Ababa) they sometimes take it with salt and
butter; I've heard that it's simply awful, and I have no desire to
partake of that particular cultural experience.

A variety of different types of coffee drinks are also available. My
favorite is the Ethiopian macchiato, a testimony, I'm sure, to the
days when Ethiopia was occupied by Mussolini's Italy. Historical
sidenote: Ethiopians are very proud that theirs is the only African
nation never to be conquered by a Western power. They conveniently
neglect to mention the time that they were conquered by a Western
power.

Second to the taste of coffee is the price. Normal bunna usually runs
Birr2 or less ($0.20), and a macchiato is usually around Birr3-4
($0.30-0.40). I don't know what I'll do when I get back to the States
and I have to pay ten times as much for lower quality coffee at
Starbucks.