Great Abyssinia

Our Heritage & Story

Great Abyssinia traces its roots from a small sole proprietorship founded in the early nineties in Ethiopia, then called Abyssinia Tea and Coffee Enterprise, with a single purpose of adding value to the finest Ethiopian coffee and catering exclusively to the domestic market.

It had a humble beginning which largely banked on 10,000 birr initial investment capital, an old and rundown machine, ten employees and sheer devotion and love for Ethiopian coffee.

What could be considered as a milestone in the growth of Great Abyssinia came in 2003 when the brothers decided to reorganize the company as private limited company with paid up capital amounting to 4.5 million birr. Soon after, Great Abyssinia gathered its momentum to launch its bottled water line: Abyssinia Springs.