Ethiopian Buna (Coffee Ceremony)
Also buna, bunna, jebena buna
Ethiopia's coffee ceremony: beans roasted, pounded and boiled in a clay jebena, poured in three rounds for guests. The source culture of arabica coffee.
RegionalServed hotFrom Ethiopia
- Volume
- 60ml2.0 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 24mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Demitasse80 ml
The build
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- Volume
- 60ml
- Caffeine
- 24mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Freshly roasted and pounded coffee boiled in a jebena; three rounds (abol, tona, baraka) from the same grounds, each weaker than the last; often with sugar, sometimes salt or butter.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 60 ml ethiopian buna (coffee ceremony)
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 60 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrean buna | Eritrea | Same ceremony, often with ginger or cardamom. |
| jebena coffee | Sudan | Sudanese jebena coffee with spices. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records the coffee ceremony in Ethiopia and Eritrea and the jebena as the traditional pot of both countries and Sudan. The ceremony with incense and popcorn is a domestic social ritual (popular account).
Ethiopia and Eritrea; the home of arabica.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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