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Yemen Coffee History - Yemen Mocha Coffee - Yemen Coffee Description - How to Drink Yemen Coffee

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (official account: cafe_style). Yemen was the first country to use coffee as a cash crop. Legend has it that in the 6th century, Islamic Sufi pilgrims introduced it from Ethiopia. The most accurate spelling should be Al-Mahka, which is the Arabic spelling. It grows in steep terrain with little rainfall, poor soil, and abundant sunshine.
Yemen coffee beans on drying beds

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Yemen was the first country to use coffee as a cash crop. According to legend, in the 6th century, Islamic Sufi pilgrims introduced it from Ethiopia. The most accurate spelling should be Al-Mahka, which is the Arabic spelling. It grows on steep terrain with little rainfall, poor soil, and insufficient sunlight—conditions that are uniquely challenging and unfavorable for coffee cultivation. Yet these circumstances have given birth to the irreplaceable Yemen Mocha. Wild Yemen beans are mostly unmanaged; they grow naturally, mature, fall to the ground, and dry, with farmers only performing the work of collection. The overall style is "wild" or "natural" with earthy notes and extremely high complexity. For some people, the spiced aroma is intense, but regardless, you must make time to try it. If you too fall deeply in love with it, that will mark the beginning of a new coffee journey.

Yemen Mattari highlands, where coffee grows near farmers' backyards, mostly on rugged, poor volcanic trace rock. Wild varieties with no verifiable documentation are the most common Yemen Mocha. In 2012, due to people's struggle for peace, Yemen coffee beans completely stopped exports.

Farm Name: Small producers (small producer groups)

Grade: Naturally dried Arabica beans, no managing institution, no grading system

Region: Bani Mattari

Country: Yemen

Altitude: 1,400 meters

Certification: No certification. All coffee follows ancient organic cultivation methods, without using chemical pesticides or other agents.

Coffee Characteristics:

Variety: 10 special local native Mocha varieties, mainly Jaa'di, Taffahi, and Dawairi

Processing System: Red ripe cherries dried on African beds (sun-dried on raised beds)

Harvest Period: Main crop harvest period: October-December, secondary harvest in some regions: April

Size: 15-16 screen

FrontStreet Coffee Brewing Parameters Recommendation:

V60/1:15/90℃/brewing time two minutes

Flavor: Grape juice, chocolate, caramel, spices

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