Specialty coffee shop

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Coffee is grown in Yemen in mountainous areas up high on a plateau and in valleys that are between 1600 – 2100 masl in altitude. The coffee is produced on small, terraced farms in high mountains in very simple ways. Traditionally farmers in Yemen they work on small plots from 60 – 70 trees to 400 – 500 trees. All coffee is hand-picked, grown with the use of natural organic fertilizers and dried on raised beds or rooftops. On average farmers will produce around 1500kg of cherry which equates to about 3 bags of 60kg exportable coffee.

This lot has been sourced through Mocha Mill, a local exporter who has focused on working with farmers throughout Yemen making them the focus of their work. Mocha Mill embarked on its journey into Specialty coffee in Yemen in 2014 when it decided to do a feasibility study in producing and exporting specialty coffee. They were able to get coffees out to the USA in the first season to be cupped and graded to help them understand the quality they had. Unfortunately, at this time the country broke out into civil war in 2014 but this did not stop them from continuing their journey and over the years has led them to establish supply chains in 6 different regions in Yemen. Within this time, they have also built a dry mill in 2017 in Samat where they also have invested in a color sorter as well and state of the art milling equipment and building warehouses for drying experimental coffees. They have been educating them on best agricultural practices to improve the yield and quality of the coffee produced from their trees. A key part of their strategy is to empower the farmers and especially the women as they make up about 75% of the farmers in Yemen. They work with full transparency with their farmers to build long-lasting relationships. The farmers are paid for delivery of the cherry to the buying point in each of the regions that Mocha Mill has established.