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Ethiopian Culinary Tour: Tasting Food, Market Exploration and Coffee Ceremony Demo
4.8
69 Ratings
Addis Ababa
Experience the vibrant flavors of Ethiopian cuisine on a culinary tour. Explore bustling markets, learn traditional cooking techniques, and indulge in a coffee ceremony and honeywine tasting.
Experience the vibrant flavors of Ethiopian cuisine on a culinary tour. Explore bustling markets, learn traditional cooking techniques, and indulge in a coffee ceremony and honeywine tasting.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Atikilt Tera | piazza | አትክልት ተራ | ፒያሳ - The largest vegetable and fruits open market in Ethiopia
- Mercato Market - Here you will visit the spices market in the center of the largest open air market in Africa
- Tomoca Coffee - Ethiopia is known for its coffee. At the oldest Tomoca Cafe , you will experience a cup of coffee or macchiato…
- Atikilt Tera | piazza | አትክልት ተራ | ፒያሳ - The largest vegetable and fruits open market in Ethiopia
- Mercato Market - Here you will visit the spices market in the center of the largest open air market in Africa
- Tomoca Coffee - Ethiopia is known for its coffee. At the oldest Tomoca Cafe , you will experience a cup of coffee or macchiato brewed with over half a century of craftsmanship. Here, you can buy roasted and/or ground coffee as souvenirs for yourself or your loved ones
- Sululta - In the mountain village of Sululta, you will get to do two things: 1) Experience a full demonstration of the traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony from washing and live roasting of the beans to enjoying a cup 2) Ethiopia is known for its Honeywine and you will get to learn about the process of making honeywine and taste a glass of it
- Itegue Taitu Hotel | Piazza - Here at the first ever hotel in Ethiopia, you will sample different ethiopian dishes assorted in the form of a buffet
What's Included
- Convenient pickup and drop-off at your Addis Ababa location
- Expert English-speaking guide accompanying you
- All ground transportation: car, driver, and fuel included
- Insightful local tour guides
- Lunch with a bottle of water and hot drinks provided
- Convenient pickup and drop-off at your Addis Ababa location
- Expert English-speaking guide accompanying you
- All ground transportation: car, driver, and fuel included
- Insightful local tour guides
- Lunch with a bottle of water and hot drinks provided
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages (other than honey-wine)
- Tip for tour guide
- Other cost not offered in this program
- Alcoholic beverages (other than honey-wine)
- Tip for tour guide
- Other cost not offered in this program
Additional Information
On this cultural adventure, you will tour markets, learn/taste Ethiopian food, demo of Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and taste Ethiopian honeywine. While immersing yourself deep into the culture of Ethiopia, your taste buds will have a busy day in the office. In addition, you will be presented with the challenge of baking the spongy bread injera with local…
On this cultural adventure, you will tour markets, learn/taste Ethiopian food, demo of Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and taste Ethiopian honeywine. While immersing yourself deep into the culture of Ethiopia, your taste buds will have a busy day in the office. In addition, you will be presented with the challenge of baking the spongy bread injera with local mothers.
- Minimum age is 8 years
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Edna Mall
Cameroon Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(69 Ratings)
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Fggp
Aug 4, 2025
A very special experience DE life summed EN an exciting excursion DE you have the possibility to mix with people - Excellent excursion and brilliantly guided. My guide was Abiy Nigussie, who proves to be NO only an excellent professional but also a wonderful person. Thank you POR everything Abiy!!. During the tour, I was able DE prepare some pancakes that they use as a background DE trays to deposit meals and then share. Then we went for some Ethiopian coffee, very tasty and delicious each DE them. The merkato DE Addis Ababa, was spectacular and being there sharing experiences with people I found DE the most exciting thing I did EN life. We went to lunch at a typical restaurant don DE stir coffee seeds and then ingested the same like. The DE honey wine I ended up tasting was very tasty to conclude this exciting guided tour. If you are going or are EN Addis Ababa, you must NO miss this excursion
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Daydream51181108637
Jun 24, 2025
What a lovely day in Addis - Haleluya was an awesome guide - very knowledgeable, friendly, laid back and keen to deliver the best experience possible. He was great company to spend a lovely day with in Addis. I recommend to 100%
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847kalliew
Mar 31, 2025
Don’t hesitate, just book it! - We had a day layover in Addis Ababa and experienced a jam packed, yet quite relaxing day of food, coffee, and history with guide Haleluya and driver Abel. These guys are seriously wonderful and we can’t wait to come back to learn and see more of Ethiopia. Amesegnalewe!! 🎶
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Z2685kthannahg
Mar 31, 2025
Wonderful Experience - I had a fantastic time with my tour guide and driver, Haleluya and Abel! They were very knowledgeable, professional, friendly, and kind. The tour had me hooked on Ethiopian food and culture, and I'm already looking forward to the next visit!
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Wander73860
Feb 16, 2025
Authentic Ethiopian Experience with Exceptional Coffee! - An amazing culinary tour in Addis Ababa! The staff was professional and incredibly knowledgeable, making the experience both fun and informative. The highlight was definitely the coffee—rich, aromatic, and absolutely delicious! Highly recommend.
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Road17473742545
Nov 12, 2024
Great layover in Addis Ababa - I wanted a comfortable tour that was a bit less generic, but still introduced Addis Ababa to me. This culinary tour was perfect and a great way to spend the day/layover. Teka our guide was excellent and happy to customize the stops and discussions. Highly recommend!
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Peter_p
Oct 3, 2024
Great food and honey wine - The food was delicious and the portions were good. The coffee ceremony was great. I loved having an opportunity to make bread - and eat what I made. The market and city tour was very interesting. My guide Desale helped me find the perfect souvenirs at a fair price
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Christopher_w
Dec 24, 2024
Addis food tour - I enjoyed the culinary day tour with Abiy and driver Muse and would recommend it. I appreciate that he adjusted the itinerary based on things I’d seen previously and found a wonderful art gallery to visit, which I enjoyed. We had a fascinating market walk, cooked injeera, had a great lunch, enjoyed Ethiopian coffee ceremony, and enjoyed honey wine!
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P3963moelisac
Jul 7, 2025
Not the same as itinerary and the guide didn’t communicate that with us - The trip did not follow the itinerary and the guide didn’t explain in advance. We were first brought to Tomoca for coffee and were a little confused that our first stop is different from what is listed.
After that we went to the market which is a total CHAOS. We have 9 people in total. The guide walked really fast and the whole group was hard to follow. Many people shouted “China China” to us which made us really anxious during the whole time. The guide sometimes introduced things in front without caring whether his voice can be heard in that distance.
We then proceeded to make ingera in the kitchen of a hotel that was not listed in the itinerary. The ladies who worked in the kitchen seemed bothered by us. At the end, the guide asked us to tip those ladies. The whole experience was very weird and not very welcoming.
We then had the lunch and the coffee ceremony in the same hotel which again is different from what promised in the itinerary. The lunch was okay but the guide didn’t explain anything about the lunch and didn’t show us how to eat. He was even wrong about the ingredients in the dishes. After lunch we moved to another side of the hotel for coffee ceremony. The guide did some basic explanation about the ceremony and at the end again, asked us to tip the ladies in the cafe.
Our final stop was having honey wine in a bar.
Although the poor experience, we did like to thank the guide agree to our ask to bring us to the supermarket so we can do some little shopping.
All in all, the whole experience is not really satisfying and I won’t recommend attending.
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Mohammad_m
Jun 19, 2025
It was not satisfactory... - It was not satisfactory as the operator in Addis Ababa is not organised and last minute coordinating
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