Biology:Mocha coffee bean
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Short description: Type of coffee bean
The Mocha coffee bean is a variety of coffee bean originally from Yemen. It is harvested from the coffee-plant species Coffea arabica, which is native to Yemen. Mocha coffee beans are very small, hard, have an irregular round shape, and are olive green to pale yellow in color.[1]
The name "Mocha" comes from the port of Mocha (al-Mukhā) through which most Yemeni coffee was exported before the 20th century.[2] (As of 1911), the export market had mostly moved to Aden and Hodeida.[3] The current central market for Yemeni coffee is at Bayt al-Faqih, about 140 km north of Mocha.[4] This coffee is grown in the mountain districts of Jabal Haraz, al-Udayn (sometimes written Uden), and Ta'izz, to the east.[3]
See also
- Caffè mocha
References
- ↑ Ukers, William (2009) [1935]. All About Coffee. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1849028707. https://books.google.com/books?id=oJxpQX4ko7cC&dq=%22Arabian+or+Mocha+beans+are+very+small%2C+hard+round%22&pg=PT306.
- ↑ Mark Pendergrast, Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World, 2010, ISBN 0465024041, p. 7
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, 1911, s.v. Mokha
- ↑ International Bureau of the American Republics, Coffee: Extensive Information and Statistics, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902, p. 46
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