Itinerary – One Day Local Food Experience
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Included/Exclude
- Local English-speaking cooking instructor
- Market visit and ingredient purchases
- Hands-on cooking class
- Full traditional meal (lunch)
- Coffee ceremony experience
- Drinking water
- Hotel transfers (can be arranged upon request)
- Personal expenses
- Alcoholic beverages
Tour Amenities
Accepts Credit Cards
SIM Card
Smoking Allowed
Wireless Internet
Tour Plan
Morning – Market Visit
- Begin your day with a guided visit to a local market
- Learn about the key ingredients in Ethiopian cuisine: spices, teff, lentils, vegetables, and more
- Purchase fresh ingredients for the class with your instructor
Midday – Traditional Ethiopian Cooking Class
- Head to a local cooking studio or traditional home kitchen
- Prepare 3–4 iconic Ethiopian dishes such as:
- Doro Wat (spicy chicken stew)
- Misir Wot (spiced lentils)
- Atakilt Alicha (mild cabbage, carrots, and potatoes)
- Injera (traditional flatbread made from teff flour)
- Learn about spice blends like berbere and niter kibbeh (spiced clarified butter)
- Discover Ethiopian cooking techniques and how meals are traditionally served and eaten
Afternoon – Cultural Lunch & Coffee Ceremony
- Enjoy the meal you’ve prepared together
- Participate in a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, roasting green beans, grinding, and brewing
- Learn about Ethiopian food culture and dining etiquette
