History of coffee
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The history of coffee spans many centuries. Wild coffee plants originated in Ethiopia, while the beverage itself has its roots in Yemen, where it was harvested, roasted and brewed; Sufi Muslims in the
The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857)
Coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village near Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930
Mokha
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Mokha, also spelled Mocha or Mukha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port for Yemen's capital, Sanaa. L
History of coffee
…established in Western Europe by the late 17th century, especially in Holland, England, and Germany. Up to the end of the 17th century, the Yemeni port of Mocha was the world’s sole gateway for coffee, but as demand grew, cultivation spread to other parts of the world. One of the earliest cultivations of coffee…
A Dhow near the coast of Mokha
Minaret of Mokha Mosque
European factories at Mokha in the late 17th century
Mokha during 1900–1910