_IT'S ALL STARTED FROM HEIRE  A l-MUKHA (sea port)     on the red sea in Y emen.                                            

AL-MUKHA H ISTORY: 

Only a few people know that as late as 400 years ago all the coffee in Europe came from the port of Al-Mukha, Al-mocha, or Mocha, a tiny town on the Red Sea in what is Republic of Yemen.  The name Mocha is the reminder of the original home of coffee. A story circulating in Yemen tells how "patron saint" of Mokha, offered passing Portuguese sailors some of his daily constitutional drink. The sailors noticed with great surprise that the black brew beans home with them. In this way the secret recipe reached Portugal, and from there it conquered the whole Europe and the rest of the world.Sir Middleton, director of the British East India Company, landed in Al-Mukha in 1616 and, on his way back, took with him the first sacks of coffee to be seen in England. Six years later, Captain Pieter can der Broeke came to the harbor of Mokha and inquired for his past about the possibilities of the coffee trade for the Dutch East India Company. 

North View from Al-Mukha in 1800s.

 U p to the end of the 17th century nearly all coffee for the world-wide trade came through the port of Al-Mukha. However, the days of the town's flourishing trade were soon to be numbered. Once the share of sell went America, export from Yemen declined rapidly, and the coffee trade of Al-Mukha almost ceased. Yemen, whose role as coffee producer was almost forgotten by the rest of the world, has never given up growing coffee.


V IEW FROM AL-MUKHA
This is a view from Al-mukha City, taken from the top of the pier of the original pier of the seaport of Al-mukha.

 
A lshadeli View
One of the most important Places in
AL-MUKHA City.
It was built in 1800 and was named to Al-shikh Omar AL-shadeli who introduced the coffee to the world nearly 400 years ago.

                  SOME I MPORTANT V IEWS 
                                       FROM AL-MUKHA CITY

VIEW FROM       AL-MUKHA  THE MODERN  SEA      PORT

VIEW FROM AL-MUKHA ZAINUB MOSQUE, ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS IN AL-MUKHA WHICH STILL STANDING AND REMINDING US THE GOLDEN ERA OF AL-MUKHA CITY

     MORE VIEWS WILL ADDED AND FULL REPORT AND DETAILED VIEWS, COMMENTS AND STORIES FROM THE PAST ABOUT YEMEN MOCHA COFFEES TRADING.                       

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Al-Mukha museum.