Mocha Is a Port in Yemen
Mocha is coffee with chocolate. The name comes from the Yemeni port that once shipped most of the world's coffee.
Mocha is coffee flavoured with chocolate, and also a variety of coffee bean. The name is a place: al-Mokha in Yemen was the port through which nearly all coffee reached Europe from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Its beans had a distinctly chocolatey note, which is why the word came to mean coffee with chocolate at all. A *mocha java* was a blend of Yemeni and Indonesian beans, one of the first named coffee blends.
- Coffee with chocolate. *A hot mocha.*
- A coffee variety. *Yemeni mocha beans.*
- Al-Mokha — the Yemeni port. *The port of Mocha.*
- Mocha java — an early blend. *Mocha java.*
- A dark brown colour. *Mocha brown.*
Word forms
| Form | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | mocha | A mocha. |
| Plural | mochas | Two mochas. |
| Adjective | mocha | Mocha flavour. |
| Place | al-Mokha | The port. |
| Blend | mocha java | Mocha java. |
- She ordered a mocha.Drink.
- Mocha was Yemen's great coffee port.History.
- The beans had a chocolatey note.Why the name.
Coffee names from places
- Mocha — al-Mokha, Yemen
- Java — the Indonesian island
- Arabica — from Arabia, where cultivation began
- Kona — a district of Hawaii
- Blue Mountain — a range in Jamaica
From al-Mokha, a port in Yemen on the Red Sea, through which coffee was exported from the 1400s.
Why does mocha mean chocolate coffee?
Because the beans shipped from the Yemeni port of Mocha had a naturally chocolatey flavour, and the name transferred to the combination.
Is java also a place?
Yes, the Indonesian island. A mocha java blend combined beans from both regions.