When coffee is truly a ritual

By Tina Firesheets
Staff Writer

HIGH POINT — In Ethiopia, people socialize daily over coffee.

But not at artsy coffee houses or the neighborhood Starbucks. They gather at someone’s home in the mornings and evenings to talk and drink coffee, roasted and brewed by a friend.

In High Point, Ethiopian refugees Tigist Tesfa Biruk and Degene Eshete continue the coffee tradition on special occasions or when they have guests. They did so recently on their Orthodox Easter holiday.

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