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The Mocha coffee bean is a variety of coffee bean originally from Yemen. It is harvested from the coffee-plant species ''
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/ref> and the coffee is grown in the mountain districts of Jabal Haraz, al-Udayn (sometimes written Uden), and Ta'izz, to the east.'' Encyclopedia Britannica'', 11th edition, 1911, ''s.v.'
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The Mocha coffee bean is a variety of coffee bean originally from Yemen. It is harvested from the coffee-plant species ''Coffea arabica
''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, r ...
'', which is native to Yemen. In appearance it is very small, hard, round with an irregular shape, and olive green to pale yellow in color.
The name "Mocha" comes from the port of Mocha (''al-Mukhā'') through which most Yemeni coffee was exported before the 20th century. , it was mostly exported via Aden
Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...
and Hodeida. The central market for Yemeni coffee is at Bayt al-Faqih, about 140 km north of Mocha,International Bureau of the American Republics, ''Coffee: Extensive Information and Statistics'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902p. 46
/ref> and the coffee is grown in the mountain districts of Jabal Haraz, al-Udayn (sometimes written Uden), and Ta'izz, to the east.'' Encyclopedia Britannica'', 11th edition, 1911, ''s.v.'
Mokha
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See also
* Caffè mochaReferences
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