What are the famous mocha coffee producing areas in Yemen? Why are Yemen mocha coffee big countries becoming marginal producing countries?

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The world-famous hometown of coffee is located in Ethiopia across the Red Sea from Asia and East Africa.

Before the sixth century AD, 'Yemen' was called Arab, so coffee trees shipped from Yemen to other places were also called 'Arabian coffee trees'.

Natural Solar treatment & # 39 After artificially harvesting the fully mature Yemeni mocha coffee, the newly harvested coffee beans are directly placed in a special coffee drying yard or in their own compacted soil front yard to be exposed to the sun. During the sun drying period, rice drying in Taiwan is usually done with a wooden rake to keep each bean evenly dried. After about 20 days of coffee drying, remove the outer pulp and peel from the coffee beans. Yemeni mocha coffee has a rich and complex flavor, wild, mellow, strong fermented taste and low acidity, coupled with the fact that Yemeni mocha 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.

With regard to the continuous decline in the production of mocha coffee beans in Yemen, experts pointed out that there are several reasons, including drought and water shortage, rising planting costs, serious diseases and insect pests, cheaper coffee beans in other countries, and a better profit than coffee. It all shows that it is not easy to grow coffee beans in Yemen.

This is mainly due to the changeable topography and climate of Yemen, which leads to the scattered distribution of coffee among cliffs, vertical valleys, depressions, fields, terraces, plateaus and even mountains, the soil is not easy to retain moisture, and the mountain air is dry, and Rain Water is not much. It's not a good place to grow coffee at all.

Coffee-producing areas are mainly concentrated in the northern highlands, with elevations between 1000 and 2400 meters above sea level, with a great drop and many kinds of topography, of which several well-known producing areas are as follows:

Matali (also known as Magdali, Mattari): located at 2000-2400 meters above sea level, it is the highest producing area in Yemen and the most famous coffee bean. When light baked, the flavor has obvious fruit fermentation and red wine aroma, obvious sweetness, with berry or citrus sour aromas. But deep baking is a different flavor, with an obvious chocolate sweetness.

Sanani: Shanali is a general term that refers to coffee in the surrounding areas of the capital Sana'a. The flavor of this area has a thick fruity aroma, often with more ripe fruit and game than Matali, but at present it is extremely rare and the quality is uneven, which requires special attention.

Ismaeili: at 1800-2200 meters above sea level, it is located in the middle of Yemen, and this name is also the name of the variety. Bean shape is more round than Matali, and slightly more complex, even with the smell of cardamom, tobacco and sunwood, less production and high price.