What is the ancient taste of Yemeni coffee in Nirvana during the war? how about Yemeni coffee?

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When it comes to coffee in Asia, I often think of coffee from Yunnan, Hainan or Indonesia. In fact, in Asia, there is another coffee producing area that is always neglected, that is, Yemen!

The origin of coffee

With regard to the origin of coffee, it is generally believed to be Yemen or Ethiopia. Although coffee appears to be a plant in Ethiopia, coffee as a drink has long appeared in Yemen.

The history of coffee can be traced back centuries, and going back to its roots means investigating through vague records and legendary stories. However, we know that Sufi monks in Yemen began to drink coffee in the 15th century, and they grew and produced coffee for trade. Over time, Yemenis take advantage of Yemen's special climate and terrain to produce unique and delicious coffee.

However, great things seldom sneak into the world and are rarely ignored. Yemeni coffee will soon become an important factor in economic, historical and cultural transformation, and it still has a far-reaching impact around the world.

The history of coffee focuses on the development and changes of trade, social interaction and religious belief. Coffee shops have sprung up because of coffee consumption, and even Muslim monks seem to be surrounded by the aroma of coffee when they pray because of the coffee trade. However, the impact of coffee is not always positive. Yemeni coffee was once banned and even became the target of war looting.

A few years ago, Yemeni coffee returned to the eyes of the world because of a man's legend. Mokhtar, a Yemeni-American born in San Francisco, drank his first cup of coffee in a boutique cafe in San Francisco one day in 2013. the charming flavor struck him like lightning. At that moment, Mokhtar said, "it's like a collision between the past and the future of life." It not only ignited his curiosity about his hometown and coffee as far away as Yemen, but also showed him a life-changing path: reviving Yemeni coffee. Mokhtar then traveled in Yemen for three years, visiting 30 coffee-growing areas and even hiking some remote estates in the mountains for three days, covering all the coffee-growing land in Yemen. Mokhtar's goal is simple: to persuade farmers to improve the quality of their coffee beans and earn more than growing drugs. Although Yemeni farmers are among the first in the world to grow commercial coffee, their standards have been falling because they have been isolated from the international market for years. "they pick and handle coffee cherries in a very casual way," Mokhtar said. "so I had to slow down and help them myself, such as setting up tanning beds and introducing the first moisture tester." From the use of organic fertilizers to harvesting only the most mature coffee cherries to drying and treatment, Mokhtar has helped Yemeni farmers set up a whole new planting system, all on their own.

He also organized scattered farmers into cooperatives, requiring 50% of the board of directors to have 50% women, and when farmers use new planting methods, they can get a subsidy of 3% higher than the market price, and he provides interest-free loans to farmers. Farmers can even repay the loan directly with coffee.

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