Kaffa Province

{{for|the current administrative zone|Keffa Zone}}

{{short description|Former province in southwestern Ethiopia}}

File:Kaffa in Ethiopia (1943-1987).svg]]

Kaffa (Amharic: ካፋ) was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Bonga. Kaffa is bordered on the west by Sudan, on the northwest by Illubabor, on the north by Walega, on the northeast by Shewa, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa.

According to legend, ancestors of today's Kafficho people in southwest Ethiopia were the first to cultivate the coffee plant and recognise the energising effect of the coffee beverage.{{citation|title=The world of caffeine: the science and culture of the world's most popular drug|url=https://archive.org/details/worldofcaffeines00benn/page/4/mode/2up|date= 2001}} {{cite book |last1=Weinberg |first1=Bennett Alan |last2=Bealer |first2=Bonnie K. |title=The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-415-92722-2 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/worldofcaffeines00benn |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldofcaffeines00benn/page/n28 3–4] |access-date=18 November 2015}}