Yemen Mocha Matari

Wild spicy fig and dark chocolate overtones We are proud to be able to bring this Mocha fortune to Melbourne again. More about Yemen Mocha Matari Don’t be late for we have little to sip thanks to Sultan Selim. Origin story Coffee growing in Yemen is the very catalyst for all coffee we enjoy in every cup today. In his book,"God’s Shadow", Alan Mikhail wrote, "Coffee was the first truly global agricultural commodity". From 1517, thanks to the Ottoman Sultan, Selim, coffee had become "one of the most valuable internationally traded agricultural commodities in history". In 1517, Sultan Salems’ conquering army wrestled dominance of Yemen from Portugal and the Mamluk Empire and discovered Yemeni people growing and drinking coffee. He very soon recognised this commodity as a valuable revenue in the then flourishing trade routes to Central Asia, India, and Europe, which they controlled and taxed heavily. It was well established that under the Sultan’s rule, the first cafes were established throughout the expansive Ottoman Empire, over the next 200 years. This Yemen coffee had probably arrived from Ethiopia in the 6th Century and the process remains the same today as always. The cherry is allowed to fully ripen, often till black on the tree. It is then laid on reed mats on tops of houses to sundry for 2-3 weeks, to complete the development of sugars in the seed. It is then pulped and cleaned, yet not really graded. Farms are traditionally family-owned and the trees are anchored into t Sold on Jasper Coffee (https://jaspercoffee.com.au/products/yemen-mocha-matari). The price shown is the retail price on that storefront on 2026-10-20, not a GreenB2B quote or a wholesale price.