Coffee from Yemen |
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Coffee from Yemen |
Yemen |
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The Arab Republic of North Yemen still
produces some extremely fine, mostly dry-processed, Arabica beans.
Of course, it was this region of the world that gave the name
Arabica to the original coffee plant; coffee was introduced to the
world via Arabia, the early name for Yemen. At one time the coffee
was cheap; today, because of various shifts in world politics, the
prices for true Yemeni coffee are almost excessively high in
comparison to the other world prices. Although the processing is
crude, the flavor is still described as dry, delicate, sweet, mild,
fragrant and winey. About half of the Yemen crop is the Moka variety, which takes its name from the port of Moka. Other spellings include Mocha or Mocca, and even Mukkao. This coffee should not be confused with its more reasonably priced namesake from the Harar district of Ethiopia, as the two coffees are different in character. Also the term Mocca, when used to describe concoctions of coffee and something else, usually chocolate, is an entirely different use of the word. Again it should not be confused with the coffee grown in certain regions of North Yemen, guaranteed pure when shipped from Hodeidah. |
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