Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Where did the term Mocha Originated?
Everyone has heard of mocha but few know the origins of the delicious coffee that connoisseurs treasure. Mocha originates from its name sake port city of Mocha located in the southernmost tip of the Arabian peninsula, now part of Yemen. The port was where coffee and chocolate trading was done. Yemen Mocha is a dark, strong and sweet-tasting coffee that was discovered by the outside world in the 16th century. The fabulously wealthy Ottoman Sultans learned of Yemeni coffee and exported it to their capitol city, Istanbul, in burlap sacks labeled by their point of origin, Mocha. Called qahwah in Arabic, the beverage became known as qahvay in Turkish, and as its popularity mounted around the rest of Europe, terms like café and coffee caught on.
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