Firing On All Cylinders

Coffee Commerce Is No Grounds For Concern

In northern Ethiopia, a tradesman is turning spent metre-long mortar shells into cylinders used in coffee machines. In his workshop in Mekele, just 200km from Ethiopia's border with Eritrea, Azmeraw Zekele transforms shells used in the 1998-2000 war between the two countries. He simply cuts off the pointed ends and uses the cylinder to channel the water, coffee and milk, reports bbc.com. Coffee, of course, is a major export from Ethiopia. Zekele, a gifted entrepreneur, obviously has left everyone shell-shocked.