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Coffee Around The World - Ethiopia ☕🌍 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/2/2025
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


☕ Coffee Around the World ☕

Ethiopia

 

This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to get the final coordinates.

 

 

Ethiopia is widely considered the birthplace of coffee. Legend says a goatherd named Kaldi noticed his goats dancing after eating red berries, and coffee was discovered.

 

Coffee in Ethiopia is more than a drink—it is a ritual. The Habesha Coffee Ceremony is a traditional practice of hospitality. Green coffee beans are washed, roasted over an open flame, ground by hand, and brewed in a clay pot called a jebena. The coffee is often served in three rounds—Abol, Tona, and Baraka—symbolizing friendship and blessing.

 

To earn your next coordinates, put the key moments of the ceremony in order and see what they spell.

 

 

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❓ Puzzle:

 

These four clues describe steps in the ceremony, but they’re jumbled:

 

On the boil as the brew begins to bubble in the jebena.

 

Aroma rises as the beans are heated over charcoal.

 

Ladle to cups as the host serves the guests.

 

Burr grinder turns freshly roasted beans to powder.

 

 

👉 Arrange the lines in the correct procedural order.

👉 Then take the first letter of each line (in that order).

👉 Enter the resulting four-letter word into Certitude to unlock the final coordinates.

 

 

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
 
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur Pnpur vf ABG ng gur cbfgrq pbbeqvangrf. Fgneg jvgu gur ornaf orsber lbh pna znxr gur qevax.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)