High elevated areas in Yemen are known for being the first place to cultivate coffee after it was brought to the region in the 15th Century by Sufi Monks. From here, it grew with coffee being exported it the 16th Century from the port of Al-Makha which gave birth to the name of the Mocha drink known around the world today.
In the 19th Century exports of coffee reached more than 57,000 MT at its peak which is a very different story to today with less than 20,000 MT. The coffee is produced on small, terraced farms in high mountains in very simple ways. All coffee is hand-picked, grown with the use of natural organic fertilizers and dried and dried on raised beds or roof tops.
Origin : Harazi, Yemen
Producer : Smallholder Farmers
Farm : Bani Al-Areef
Varietal : Jaadi
Process : Carbonic Marceration
Altitude : 1700-1800 masl
Tasting Note of:
Hibiscus | Rose | Sugar Cane
Roasted by: Coffea Circulor, Sweden
*Tentative arrival: 13th Sept