The Mocha coffee bean is a variety of coffee bean originally from

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

. It is harvested from the coffee-plant species ''

Coffea arabica ''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabica 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 the dominant cultivar, represe ...

'', 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. The name "Mocha" comes from the port of Mocha (''al-Mukhā'') through which most Yemeni coffee was exported before the 20th century. , the export market had mostly moved to

Aden Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...

and Hodeida. The current 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, 1902
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Jabal Haraz Jabal Haraz () is a mountainous region of Yemen, between Sanaa and Al-Hudaydah, which is considered to be within the Sarat range. In the 11th century, it was the stronghold of the Sulaihid dynasty, many of whose buildings still survive today. ...

, al-Udayn (sometimes written Uden), and

Ta'izz Taiz () is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni highlands, near the port city of Mocha on the Red Sea, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is the capital of Taiz Governorate. As of 2023, the city has an estimated p ...

, to the east.''

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'', 11th edition, 1911, ''s.v.'
Mokha
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