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Introduction to the planting History of famous Coffee beans in Yemen the difference between Mayili coffee beans and mocha coffee beans in Yemen

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/09/20, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) for lovers who dabble in coffee slightly, when it comes to Yemeni coffee, it is easy to associate it with Mocha. Yemen has a long history of growing coffee. By the early 17th century, Yemeni coffee beans began to be exported to Europe from the southwestern port of Mocha, and Europeans began to use them.

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For coffee lovers who dabble slightly, it is easy to associate Yemeni coffee with "mocha".

Yemen has a long history of coffee cultivation. By the early 17th century, Yemeni coffee beans began to be exported to Europe from the southwestern port of Mocha, and Europeans called the coffee beans shipped from Mocha Port "Mocha Coffee". Ethiopia, across the Red Sea from Yemen, later exported coffee beans through Mocha Port, so that Ethiopian coffee beans treated in the sun are often regarded as mocha.

Yemeni coffee is still grown much as it was 500 years ago, almost exclusively on mountain slopes between 3000 and 7000 feet high. Due to the scarcity of rainfall, coffee trees must rely on strong water retention capacity to survive the drought. Poor growth conditions, making coffee beans small particles, but the hardness is quite high. Yemeni coffee varieties are also quite complex, recognized as Ismaili and ancient heirloom, as well as Adeni and Mattari species.

Yemeni coffee is sun-treated, usually by laying the fruit out in the courtyard or on the roof, or even by allowing the fruit to dry directly on the trees (this method is called floating).

The dried fruit must be ground and shelled, and Yemen still retains the ancient method of stone grinding, which is pulled by camels or donkeys.

There are many coffee producing areas in Yemen, with Bani Matar (Bany Mattar) province producing the most famous Mattari and the highest quality of Yemen's export coffee.

Mocha Port, which was heavily responsible for export in the early days, had many names and spellings, such as Mocha, Mokka, Moca, Moka, Al-Mocha, Al-Makha, etc. Mocha port was later abandoned due to siltation, and is now exported from Aden port in the east and Hodeida port in the north.

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