Aster Coffee Shop | Olompia | አስቴር ቡና | ኦሎምፒያ — Restaurant in Addis Ababa

Well, it's my favorite when it comes to getting my coffee supplies. It is one of very few shops in the city supplying coffee in soft grounding (Turkish coffee) which is the way I like having my coffee, before knowing this one I had always been struggling with making coffee by my own in a coffee pot. The good thing also is they have a serious coffee business, you would find all types of coffee roasting and grounding, and they will just do it in your presence (Fresh as it should be)! The shop is hard to get into, just follow the map it is not in a main road but it is still full of people, regural customers I guess! The prices were better than other coffee brand, they used to sell 250 g for around 92 Birr and the 0.5 Kg for around 150 birr I would highly recommend it if you are looking for a good place to get your...

I’ve been here a countless number of times. I love the amazing smell of roasting coffee that greets me every time I walk through the door. Aster Buna roasts it’s own coffee on site, and you can peek through the glass and see the machines and workers at work. The coffee here is inexpensive, but legit. Also, this is the place I buy roasted beans and ground coffee to give away as gifts. The price is more than reasonable.

The one thing that would make this place better is better quality pastries. I’d love to see...

This is, perhaps, the first serious speciality coffee shop I've been to in Addis. I bought freshly roasted beans, done on-site, and the barista is aware of v60, cold brew, and can make a decent machiato. We all know Ethiopia has amazing coffee beans. But it is often the handling, fermentation, roasting, and final preparation making that needs elevation. I hope Aster and other places like this push the level of coffee techniques in Addis to the place...