The Emerald: Boon Boona Brings Coffee’s African Roots to Capitol Hill

The coffee industry has been consistently criticized of being anti-Black, largely because they refuse to address the African roots of coffee. That’s where Efrem Fesaha, the owner of Seattle’s Boon Boona Coffee, comes in. Raised in West Seattle as the son of two Eritrean immigrants, Fesaha has spent the last three years establishing his Renton and Capitol Hill coffee shops dedicated to spreading the rich African coffee history to local java aficionados.

Alexa Peters

Alexa Peters

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