The development history and culture of mocha coffee

Mocha gets its name from the famous port of Mocha. Transportation in East Africa was very underdeveloped in the 15th century, but it produced the world's most precious coffee beans, which were gathered in the Yemeni port of Mocha and shipped to Europe. Today, Port Mocha

Photo of mocha coffee making method

Photos of the method of making mocha coffee (11)

Has retreated inland due to the accumulation of mud, and emerging ports, including Mombasa, Durban and other ports, have replaced the port of Mocha, but the producing areas of mocha coffee remained during the period of Mocha Port, and the coffee beans produced by these areas are still called mocha coffee beans.

Mocha beans are so popular because of their rich taste. Aromas of red wine, wild game, dried fruit, blueberries, grapes, cinnamon, tobacco, sweet spices, log, and even chocolate. Europeans like mocha coffee very much and have always regarded it as a consumptive luxury.

With the birth of Italian fancy coffee, people try to add chocolate to ordinary coffee instead of mocha, which is now often available. Italian fancy mocha coffee, by mixing Italian espresso Espresso from 1 to 3, hot milk from 2 to 3, and then adding chocolate. The traditional Italian fancy mocha uses chocolate syrup as the raw material, and because mocha is so popular that more home-made mochas are replaced by chocolate powder. Today's mocha coffee in addition to dark chocolate, milk chocolate can also be used as one of the ingredients. Unlike cappuccino's thick milk foam, mocha has no milk foam at the top and is replaced by whipped cream with cocoa powder and cinnamon. Candied fruit is also used as an ornament for mocha coffee on top.

Therefore, the so-called mocha coffee is actually the general name of mocha bean coffee and fancy mocha coffee. Tasters must pay attention to this when tasting mocha coffee, lest the coffee ordered is not the mocha coffee in mind.