ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA / 09°01'N

ETHIOPIAN COFFEE HOUSE & BAR

Coffee, with a place to linger.

Walta brings Ethiopian coffee culture into a contemporary house of ritual, conversation and evening atmosphere.

Explore the table ↘

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01 / THE HOUSE

MORE THAN A CUP

Coffee has always been a reason to gather.

In Ethiopia, coffee is rarely just a drink. It is time taken slowly, stories exchanged across a table and a familiar ritual repeated from one generation to another.

Walta takes that spirit and gives it a contemporary home — morning coffee, afternoon conversations and a bar that comes alive after sunset.

02 / THE BEGINNING

COFFEE CHERRIES / ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS

THE STORY OF KALDI

A story that begins in the highlands.

One of Ethiopia's most enduring coffee stories tells of Kaldi, a goat herder who noticed his goats becoming unusually energetic after eating bright red berries from a certain tree.

The story belongs somewhere between history and legend, but its meaning has endured: coffee began as something discovered in the Ethiopian landscape before becoming one of the world's most beloved rituals.

ETHIOPIA COFFEA ARABICA ORIGIN / HIGHLANDS

03 / ETHIOPIAN ORIGINS

THREE EXPRESSIONS

The character of Ethiopian coffee changes with the land.

Yirgacheffe

SIDAMO / SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS

Bright and delicate, often associated with floral aromas, citrus character and a clean finish.

FLORAL CITRUS TEA-LIKE

Guji

OROMIA / SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Richer and fruit-forward, with expressive sweetness, berry notes and a rounded body.

BERRY SWEET ROUND

Sidamo

SIDAMA / RIFT VALLEY

Balanced and aromatic, bringing together soft acidity, sweetness and a gentle, lingering finish.

AROMATIC BALANCED SWEET

THE RITUAL

Three rounds.
One table.

Abol

The first round. Strong, fragrant and traditionally offered as the beginning of conversation.

Tona

The second round. Lighter, warmer and often the moment when conversation settles into comfort.

Baraka

The final round. Traditionally associated with blessing, gratitude and the closing of the gathering.

04 / WALTA TABLE

FROM MORNING TO AFTER DARK

Come for the coffee. Stay for the evening.

Our table moves with the day — carefully prepared Ethiopian coffee in the morning, familiar café classics through the afternoon, and a quieter bar atmosphere when the sun goes down.

AFTER DARK

When the coffee house becomes a bar.

As evening arrives, Walta changes pace. Low light, slower conversations and a small drinks menu built around Ethiopian ingredients create a different side of the house.

Discover the evening ↗

05 / EVENING TABLE

HOUSE SIGNATURES

Ethiopian ingredients, after sunset.

Tena

Cold coffee, Ethiopian honey and citrus.

320 ETB

Highlands

Espresso, spiced syrup and silky milk.

340 ETB

Buna Tonic

Chilled coffee, tonic and orange peel.

350 ETB

FIND THE HOUSE

Your table is waiting.

Visit Walta ↗

LOCATION

Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

HOURS

Mon — Thu / 07:00 — 22:00
Fri — Sun / 07:00 — 00:00

CONTACT

hello@waltacoffee.com
+251 900 000 000

Coffee, with a place to linger.

Coffee has always been a reason to gather.

A story that begins in the highlands.