The Coffee Story of the Yemeni Port of Mocha the historical story of the name of the Yemeni mocha beans

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Yemen is located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia and Oman, bordering the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. Yemeni mocha coffee is the oldest coffee in the world, and Yemen is one of the first countries in the world to grow coffee. It is said that as early as 1561 AD, Zheng he brought back a lot of mocha coffee to pay tribute to the Ming emperor.

Historical stories:

As early as more than 500 years ago, Yemen produced coffee in an ancient way. In the early 17th century, the first batch of Yemeni coffee sold to Europe was exported through the ancient port of Mocha, which surprised Europeans. The delicious coffee shipped from the port of Mocha was called "mocha coffee", which is the origin of the name "mocha coffee".

It is said that the place where Europeans imported coffee for the first time in the 17th century and spread to the world was the world's largest coffee port, the port of Mocha. Neighboring Ethiopia, which looks across the Red Sea, also sells coffee through the port of Mocha, so Ethiopian sun-treated coffee is often called mocha. Although Ethiopia was the first country in the world to discover coffee, the first country in the world to produce coffee on a large scale as a crop was Yemen. Because all exported coffee sacks had to be marked with MOCHA to prove that they were transported from the port of Mocha, Europeans called the delicious coffee shipped from the port of Mocha "mocha coffee". (such as Mocha-Hara EthiopiaHarrar)

Today, the old port of Mocha has long been abandoned because of sediment deposition (today's place name Al Makha). It has become a historic port with only white beach left, and it is exported to the northwestern port of Hodeida. However, people have long been accustomed to the name of Mocha, which is famous to the sky. Yemeni mocha is the originator of the world coffee trade. It plays an important role in promoting delicious coffee to Yemen all over the world. It is called "Arabica Coffee (Arabia)", which is the origin of the name "Arabica Origin".

Yemeni coffee is rich in flavor, complex, wild, mellow, strong fermentation and low acidity, coupled with the fact that Yemeni coffee often contains an uncertain factor (the time of rain in the season). It is not too much to call her the most special coffee in the world.

Production season: October-December

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