Coffee Mocha Story
Mocha, Yemen – where coffee meets the sea. Join us on a voyage to the heart of 'Mocha coffee' and the timeless allure of this coastal gem.
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Mocha: Where Coffee's Aroma Meets Maritime Splendor
Mocha is a city has port in Yemen. It was a really important place for trading coffee from the 16th to the 19th century. Even after people found coffee in other places, Mocha beans were still famous for their unique taste, and they're still loved today. But here's the thing: coffee didn't actually grow in Mocha. It was brought there from Ethiopia and Yemen and then shipped to other countries.
Mocha's coffee history is why we have things like "mocha latte" and the "Moka pot" coffee maker. In Germany, they even call traditional Turkish coffee "Mokka."
Back in the day, Mocha was a big deal because of its coffee trade. European countries like England, the Netherlands, and France had factories there. It was also a major port, and all ships going into the Red Sea had to stop at Mocha and pay taxes on what they were carrying.
Mocha's past goes way back. Some people think there was an ancient trading place called Muza near Mocha. The city was at its best in the 17th century because of coffee. It had a stone wall around a citadel, and a bunch of huts outside the wall. Many Jewish families traded there, and later on, Banyan merchants were the big traders, mostly dealing with coffee.
Mocha was super dependent on coffee from Ethiopia, which Somali merchants from Berbera brought across the Gulf of Aden. But eventually, British-controlled Aden took over the coffee trade from Mocha in the 19th century.
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