ZEF Coffee project at Faire Woche (19.09.2008)
September 16, 2008.
The Faire Woche is a joint initiative of the most important stakeholders of fair traded products in Germany, annually talking place in all major towns of the country. This year, the ZEF project “Conservation and use of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia” (CoCE) will take part at the Faire Woche by presenting insights and research findings on “Ethiopia – the cradle of coffee” to an interested public. Dr. Till Stellmacher, researcher at ZEF, will give an illustrated talk on the production of wild coffee in the rainforests of Ethiopia and its marketing as a fair-trade speciality product. The event will be accompanied by a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
Entrance fee: 5 €, incl. participation at the coffee ceremony, free coffee samples and the opportunity to buy original coffee plants.
Time and place: Friday, September 19th, 18:00 – 20:00 h, Stadtmuseum Bonn, Franziskanerstraße 9 – Entrance Viktoriabad
