Which country is mocha coffee | description of the taste characteristics of mocha coffee

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For many coffee lovers, they have heard of a very old, very old, but also very familiar term-Yemeni moka. Once upon a time, when boutique coffee was not yet popular, the name of a coffee product often appeared on the menu of a coffee shop, called "mocha flavor". Its name comes from Yemeni mocha.

Yemen and Mocha planting in the book

Seeing this, I believe that many students who do not understand this period of history must have a lot of curiosity. It is clear that the origin of coffee is Ethiopia, why there is no Ethiopian coffee, but there is mocha flavor? What important position does Yemen occupy in the history of coffee development? What is the current coffee situation in Yemen?

Geographically, Ethiopia is only a sea away from Yemen.

It is said that coffee was introduced during Ethiopia's rule in Yemen in the sixth century AD. In the impression of many people, African countries are small colonized countries. However, Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that has not been colonized, and it has ruled Yemen for 50 years. At that time coffee was named and named Qahwa, which means red wine in Arabic.

Local coffee cultivation in Yemen

Over the next few centuries, the Arabs brought coffee to Europe, but in order to ensure their monopoly over coffee, the shrewd and cunning Arabs boiled and sold coffee seeds in hot water and transported them from the Yemeni port of Mocha. Gradually, the name of Yemeni Mocha became famous.

In the early years, Ethiopian coffee was exported in the name of mocha. However, Ethiopian coffee also contained beans called mocha, such as "Harald Mocha" and "Gemma Mocha". But before boutique coffee became popular, Ethiopian coffee beans, then unknown, were often exported through Yemen.

Unlike Ethiopia, which is suitable for coffee growth, Yemen has a dry climate and less precipitation, and the mode of production is still the most primitive method of organic fertilizer cultivation and solarization. After the coffee fruit is ripe on the trees, the farmers harvest it by hand and dry it on the roof of the stone house built by the mountain, while the shelling process depends on rudimentary stone grinding equipment.

Mocha flavor and taste

Yemeni coffee is rich, complex, wild, mellow, strong fermentation taste and low acidity, while cocoa and chocolate taste, a good Yemeni mocha, with a strong wine flavor, loved by many coffee glutton.

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