t level since November 1994 when they averaged 153.33 US cents/lb.
Coffee Variety: Yemen Mocha Haraaz
Grower : Several small landholders
Variety : Dawairi, Jaadi, Tuffahi and other Heirlooms
Region : Haraaz – Yemen
Altitude : 1900 – 2440 MASL
Process : Natural Sun Dried
Screen Size : AA +, 15+
This coffee comes from one of the best producing regions of coffee in Yemen, called Haraz . This region consists of a range of mountains that altitude from 1800 to 2450 MASL and the beauty of this place is the amazing mild and cool climate it has, in addition to the natural fresh mountain spring water, and rain fall that is used to irrigate the crops.
Since the 14th century, a small community not exceeding 15,000(Current figure) people used to live on the eastern part of these high mountains. Ancestors were all farmers owning fruit and coffee farms and used to export crops out of the port of Mokha on the Red Sea.
In the 15th century a disastrous influence of a tree called Qat/ Khat,(the leaves of the Catha edulis shrub, chewed like tobacco or used to make tea to produce a feeling of euphoria) invaded the country, and farmers believed that it is the best source of income for them due its huge local consumption across the country, but they never realized that this tree will once become the nightmare of all times. After this horrible invasion that led to removal of coffee trees from many farms of the region, a huge revolution started in 2004 by the people, farmers and supporters of this small community from across the globe.
Farmers of the eastern region of Haraz started uprooting Qat/Khat and growing Coffee again, and this program influenced others all over Haraz and other parts of the country. The work required a lot of effort, sacrifice, support, help, and much more. It regretfully even caused some people to fire guns at each other, but with team work, belief and love for coffee, made a dream came true, and the whole region is now 100% empty from any single Qat/Khat tree. The region is now proud to be producing the best coffee in the country.
What everyone eventually realized is that with the terrible war condition the country is living now, and the extreme bad economic situation across the country, coffee is the best source of income for the farmer in comparison to Qat trees, and this opened the sight and vision of many farmers, and made them realize the mistake they and their ancestors did many years back when they removed Coffee for Qat/Khat.
Mokha King Coffee is a company inaugurated by a man who lived and grew seeing this whole revolution and transition taking place in his country. In 2015, when the first missile that started the horrible war in Yemen was fired at a location opposite his house in the capital city Sanaa, Mokha King decided to flee the country with his family looking for new future elsewhere. He left everything behind him, but carried one thing that he always believed will be his connection with his country and region, and that was his bag of Haraz coffee beans. After arriving in Canada in 2018, Mokha King launched a company with the concept of Human to Human interaction, and connected with his fellow farmers, family, friends and business partners in Yemen to start operations of coffee production, export from Yemen and import in Canada. The sole vision and aim behind this concept is supporting the farmers after this huge revolution and transition, and bringing back glory to this hidden and forgotten black gold of Yemen.
