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The old city market in Sana'a, YemenThomas Foertsch / Unsplash
15.1°N 43.6°E · 1,500–2,500 maslGrown in Haraz Mountains
Yemeni coffee
Coffee left the port of Mocha for the world in the 1600s, which is where the word mocha comes from. Farms cling to terraces older than the trade itself.
From the expedition filesCoffee's first great port, and a husk drink, qishr, that Yemenis drink from mid-morning on.Still alive art: Smoke instead of pesticideRead the Yemen file, with every source →- Region
- Haraz Mountains
- Altitude
- 1,500–2,500 masl
- Varieties
- Yemenia landraces (Udaini, Dawairi)
- Process
- Natural, dried on rooftops
Harvest calendar
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In the cup
Dried figRed wineCardamomCocoa
Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Fruit
Chocolate
On the stamps
Yemen · 1947Yemeni coffee stamp from the 1947–1958 regular issueWikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Yemen's coffee, on the post
