ጀበና / JEBENA / COFFEE POT
[1-3]: ጀበና / JEBENA COFFEE POT
[4]: Redat pours coffee out of an unfired clay jebena
[5]: Jebena with a set of sini or finjal (coffee cups) on a raised wooden tray with handle
[6]: Redat pours coffee out of a fired/glazed clay jebena during a traditional coffee-making ceremony
From: Gurage culture, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
We will explore Eritrean jebenas and Moroccan tagines in future posts…Source [1-3]: nineeightseven on Etsy
Source [4]: @redu.fashiondesigner
Source [5]: carryol on Etsy
Source [6]: @redu.fashiondesigner
Source notes [1-3]: “Handmade traditional Ethiopian coffee pot made of clay and used by Gurage tribe of south Ethiopia. This coffee pot comes with its cushion and wooden cap at the top. The pot is ideal to prepare and hold 10 oz coffee.”(so many!) Observations:
material intelligence; clay keeps liquid hotter for longer, following a design language (circles and globes), visual cohesion in color story, considering how corners and connections are finished, celebrating the production process in the form design, considering how the object lives when not in use, developing ceremony/user experience around the object