Jebena

Jabana ( Amharic ጀበና Djäbäna; Arab جبنة Dschabana; alternative spellings Dschabana, Jebena or Djebenna ) is a traditional, northeast African coffee pot, as it is used in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan.

The Jabana in Ethiopia is a bulbous vessel with a long thin neck, a curved spout, handle and a semi-circular footprint. This pot is made of clay and is usually about 20 inches tall. Because of the rounded bottom of a frame or a plastic ring is required as a base for drawing up the pot. At the same time causes this round shape that the vapor bubbles evenly distribute the cooking, which helps to avoid excessive foaming.

In the other two countries, there are similar pitchers. In Sudan, are slightly more likely than Tonkannen smaller jug soldered tinplate, which are manufactured from recycled tin cans in use. From its round body only a funnel-shaped neck as the only opening leads to the top. Laterally a handle is attached. The vessel size is sufficient for one to two people. Coffee, which is called in Sudan as well as the vessel Jabana is drunk black and with the addition of ginger and lots of sugar from small cups.

In coffee shops or by women who offer the drink at small tables and stools outdoors, yet is usually served on a tray with coffee pot, cups and sugar bowl, a small clay bowl with aromatic smoking charcoal. This coffee pot belongs in Sudan to the national culture and is often depicted in Port Sudan it is inflated in a meter-sized monument of cement.

Even greater cultural significance comes the coffee in Ethiopia, where coffee is the main export product of the country and where the origin of the coffee bean is suspected. For an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, the roasting of the green beans heard just before the coffee is boiled. The coarse powder in a mortar crushed coffee beans are boiled in the pot with water. It may be refilled two or three times with water and once brewed with appropriately thinning result.