The Historical characteristics of Mocha Coffee

The history of mocha coffee

More than a hundred years ago, the outward transportation industry did not flourish throughout the coffee countries in Central and East Africa. Yemeni Mocha was a major export port near the Red Sea at that time. Most of the coffee produced in Africa was first transported to the Yemeni port of Mocha and then exported to Europe. Today, a hundred years later, African coffee countries have gradually developed their own export ports, no longer rely on the port of Mocha, and the port of Mocha has retreated inland because of the accumulation of silt, but now the ports of Mombasa, Durban and Beiva in Africa. All of them have become some emerging coffee export ports in Africa, but at that time, as long as the coffee was concentrated in the port of Mocha and then exported to Africa, it was collectively called mocha coffee.

There are many answers to this question. Some people say that mocha is a certain place of origin, and some people remember that mocha is sweet chocolate coffee. In fact, authentic mocha coffee is only produced in the Republic of Yemen in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, grows on steep hillsides at elevations of 3, 000 to 8, 000 feet, and is the oldest coffee in the world.

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

At present, the coffee produced in Yemen is the best, followed by Ethiopia's mocha; mocha coffee belt smooth in the acid to strong acid, sweet, unique flavor, containing chocolate flavor; with the temperament of a lady, is a very characteristic pure coffee.

Mocha coffee shows a strong New York flavor in a small cup.

Moka (Mocha)

Sitting in a cafe, flipping through recipes and reading coffee magazines, you will inadvertently come across a lot of Mocha, which is a simple word for mocha, but has many meanings.

1. Refers to coffee beans

The earliest mocha refers to a kind of coffee beans exported from the Yemeni port of Mocha. It is produced in Ethiopia in Africa and is one of the most sour coffee. Mocha coffee is also known as Ethiopian coffee.

Second, refers to coffee

When used in flavored fancy coffee, mocha refers to hot coffee with hot chocolate and whipped cream, because mocha originally means chocolate.

Refers to the coffee pot

In terms of coffee brewing utensils, mocha refers to a delicate and small mocha pot, which uses steam to quickly extract coffee, which is famous for its changeable shape.

The mocha pot was invented in 1933, and its structure has never changed, but its appearance, shape and material are constantly changing. The earliest mocha pots were made of aluminum, but aluminum was easy to interact with the acids in coffee, producing a bad taste, and then gradually changed to stainless steel or even partly made of heat-resistant glass.

The mocha pot consists of two parts, which are combined together by rotation. The lower part of the pot is a chamber for holding water, there is a safety air hole on the upper end of the chamber, and above the chamber is a filter full of small holes filled with coffee powder. The top half of the pot is a covered container with a handle for holding coffee liquid, and at the bottom of the container is a filter mesh with a rubber ring on it. In the center is a hollow metal tube that allows coffee to seep out.

When brewing coffee in a mocha pot, first fill the lower chamber with water, but do not exceed the safety air hole. Then fill the filter with coffee powder. The filters are carefully designed by experts, so there is no need to measure the amount of coffee powder, just fill the filter. Then put the upper and lower chamber into the tight, you can put on the fire to cook.

The mocha pot belongs to the apparatus for extracting coffee with high pressure steam, which has the characteristics of small size, elegant appearance, simple operation, fast brewing and so on, so the mocha pot is very suitable for family use. The coffee brewed from the mocha pot is also known as Mocha. Although it is not really espresso, it can be said to be a doubly powerful coffee.