Yemeni Coffee beans grow Yemeni Udini Coffee what are the main varieties of Yemeni coffee

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If Ethiopian coffee is a changeable woman-complex fruit and floral flavors, then Yemeni coffee is a brave man-chocolate, tobacco and thick taste with a gentle sweet tail.

This batch of Yemeni coffee, which is of high quality, is specially dried on the roof scaffolding of small farmers and collected in accordance with the specially required treatment process.

It's a rare product.

Yemeni coffee will be roasted to the second burst is a deeper roasting, recommended to buyers who need to add milk, the strength of coffee will not be obscured by milk. Of course, the best Yemeni coffee is still used in Espresso, which can fully present the complexity, bitterness and sweetness of coffee. A good cup of Yemen espresso shot can make life without regrets. Hand punching should pay attention to the recommended temperature between 83 and 86.

Udaini Udaini:

Main varieties of Yemeni coffee

Antiquity / spread

It is precisely because of this general name or place name, masking the variety of coffee behind. In 1993, scholar Ali made a report on the research and classification of Yemeni coffee. In the report, he collected and sorted out the coffee varieties in Yemen. at present, there are four main coffee varieties in Yemen, namely, Udaini (Udini), Dawairi, Tufahi and Burra'i (the specific characteristics are shown in the table below).

Even in later studies, some scholars have suggested that there is even a fifth or sixth coffee variety in Yemen. But in many subsequent studies, scholars basically identified Udaini as the most common and oldest variety in Yemen. Thus it can be seen that the coffee seeds that spread from Yemen to all parts of the world were most likely to be Udaini.

-Yemeni Udaini Coffee Tree

As shown above, the location above is near the Yemeni town of IBB, 172km from the port of Mocha, the hometown of Motta, the founder of the Mocha project.

According to the above data, it can be inferred that the reason why the vast majority of local farmers choose to plant Udaini (Udaini) is closely related to the concentration of their harvest period, and the harvest every other year or the whole year is relatively unfavorable to commercial operation.

Udaini Udaini:

The ancient variety of tin card

Origin / essence

Yemeni coffee varieties are mainly Udaini, so which category of coffee do these four Yemeni varieties belong to? In Arabica gene research, scholars successfully found Yemeni coffee (Anthony, F., Combes, M., Astorga, C. et al) by comparing the genes of four Yemeni varieties with those of various native species from Africa. Theor Appl Genet, 2002) belongs to the category, in fact, the main varieties of coffee in Yemen are from the ancient tin card varieties.

-Coffee genealogy

A variety of data show that the saying of Yemeni mocha is only a long-standing general name, the real variety of Yemeni coffee is actually Udaini (Udaini) and other four major varieties.

* the above information comes from major research reports and scientific research papers, but there is little traceability information about ancient coffee varieties. This article is for reference only. Partners who like Yemeni coffee are welcome to discuss it together.

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