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Experts Rank Ethiopia's Coffee Among Best

Ethiopia’s coffee has been ranked as the best in the world by an international group of coffee connoisseurs. Not surprisingly, coffee is a top export for the country. But at home it is a source of pride.

International coffee experts travel the world to find the best tasting cup. They keep coming back to Ethiopia, where importers like Morton Wennersgaard say the climate produces quality coffee beans.

“You have different ancient varieties referred to as Ethiopian heirdom. They are grown in places with perfect soil, perfect altitude, and micro climates that are really suitable for coffee processing, such as drying and things like that,” he explains.

Finding the best beans is a matter of taste, literally. The intense process is known as cupping - tasting and comparing coffee from different roasted beans, grading and then pricing them.

Coffee labs

But before international experts come to taste, coffee beans go through analysis in small coffee labs, where Helen Assefa describes the process.

“When the coffee comes to the lab, we assess the coffee quality first by recording the details. Then we weigh the moisture level and we screen the beans for analysis. After that we grind the coffee beans and taste the samples. At the end we check for defective beans," Assefa explains.

And that screening is a very difficult and lengthy process, says lab worker Mubarik Abaoli.

“We sort out the defects manually, by hand. And we sort out the defect according to the defect types. The types are immature, paste damage, foxy, black - all has to be sorted out according to the severity of the defects,” Mubarik Abaoli says.

Cashing in abroad

Nevertheless, Ethiopia is cashing in on its coffee reputation with consumers in more than 120 countries and a yearly export revenue of more than $840 million.

But not all the best coffee leaves Ethiopia. With 40 percent of the coffee production consumed at home, it remains an important part of everyday life at work, at home and at ceremonies just to celebrate that special cup.

詞匯解析

intense

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.強大的；緊張的；強烈的；激烈的；深刻的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

There was intense competition between the rival companies to get the contract.

為得到這份合同,各不相讓的兩家公司展開了激烈的競爭。

He looked at his fiancee with intense emotions.

他滿含深情地看著他的未婚妻。

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moisture

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.水分；潮氣；濕度

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用作名詞 (n.)

The plants absorb moisture from the soil.

植物從土壤中吸取水分。

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reputation

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.好名聲；聲譽，名聲，名氣

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用作名詞 (n.)

This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.

這家商店因公平交易而獲好名聲。

He earned a high reputation for his learning.

他在學(xué)識方面享有很高的聲譽。

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grind

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

v.磨；壓迫；碾碎；磨得吱吱響；逐漸停頓

n.苦事；磨；碾

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用作動詞 (v.)

It won't grind down any finer than this.

不能磨得比這個再細了。

用作名詞 (n.)

Marking examination papers is a real grind.

批改試卷的確是個苦事。

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yearly

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.每年的

adv.每年地；一年一次地

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

Many Greek cities had to send yearly tribute to Athens.

許多希臘城市不得不每年向雅典進貢。

用作副詞 (adv.)

I get a physical examination yearly.

我一年做一次身體檢查。

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defect

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.缺點；缺陷

vi.背叛

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

If it were not for this defect, I shall hire him at once.

如果不是因為這個缺點，我會馬上雇用他。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

We thought that his troops might defect.

我們認為他的部隊會叛變。

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