Origin
Yemen
Where coffee was first brewed as a drink, and where Mocha got its name.
- Region
- Arabian Peninsula
- Regions
- Haraz, Bani Matar, Hayma
- Altitude
- 1,500–2,500 m
- Harvest
- Oct–Feb
- Species
- Arabica
- Processing
- Natural (dried on rooftops)
Varieties grown here
About
Sufi monks in Yemen were drinking coffee by the 1400s, and the port of Mokha shipped it to the world. Farms are tiny, terraced and dry; coffee is sun-dried in the cherry, giving wild, complex flavours.