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98 EUROPEAN QUALITY
AWARD
WINNER PARIS -
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Yemen
Mocha
Coffees
cupping
profile
Environment
and
health:
Yemen coffee is grown almost exactly as it was hundreds of years ago, without the use of
synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides (organic). Yemen Mocha Coffees are dry- processed, husked by millstone and
screened, Cleaned by hands.
Mattari:
Very well recognized and outstanding coffee, acidy, winy, full-bodied, fragrant, and gamy. Very high-grown (about
6500 -7500ft in Bani Matar) with very hard beans.
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Matari
Mocha coffee |
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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Aroma |
7.5 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
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Acidity |
7.0 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
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Body |
7.5 |
6.5 |
7 |
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Flavor |
7.0 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
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Aftertaste |
6.5 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
| Overall
Rating |
100 |
80 |
90 |
Harazi:
From the highest range of mountains ( about 6000-7000 ft in
Haraz) with small hard beans. Considered one of Yemen's finest coffee, complex, winy, acidity is high-toned, heady and powerful, fruity, has an excellent aroma.
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HARAZI MOCHA COFFEE |
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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Aroma |
- |
7.0 |
7.0 |
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Acidity |
- |
6.5 |
7.0 |
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Body |
- |
7.0 |
7.0 |
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Flavor |
- |
6.5 |
6.5 |
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Aftertaste |
- |
6.5 |
6.5 |
| Overall
Rating |
- |
90 |
100 |
Notes:
Shares some characters of The Matari and The Ismaili, the
beans are larger the Ismaili,
body is perhaps slightly lighter than the body in most Mattaris, but
still substantial.(many coffee experts world wide conceder and
call this coffee Ismaili, although it has similarity characters
with the Ismaili, but we differentiate it from the
Ismaili.
ISMAILI:
Is the MOST prized Yemeni coffee by the Yemeni people and by the
aficionados. From highest grown coffees in Yemen (about
6000-7000ft in Bani Ismail- Haraz region) more pungent, complex and deep,
fruity and brighter , but these deep dark pungent
notes are highly desirable: sage, tobacco, leather, dry fruit, cardamom, woody notes. Its intensity
will reveal itself to you as the aromatics unfold after it has rested for 24 hours after the
roast, and they really emerge when you grind the coffee: the aromatics themselves are
intoxicating, and in fact there is a sort of "Yemen Syndrome" I think you can develop where the
aromas are so intense that other coffees seem to pale in comparison ....And even the resulting
cup of Yemeni coffee you drink cant compare to it's very own aroma when you grind it!!!.
Nonetheless, this coffee is to be experienced, and not so much to gab about endlessly!
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Ismaili
Mocha coffee |
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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Aroma |
7.5 |
8.0 |
7.5 |
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Acidity |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
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Body |
6.5 |
7.0 |
7 |
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Flavor |
6.0 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
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Aftertaste |
6.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
| Overall
Rating |
80 |
100 |
90 |
These coffees are the highest grown and considered the best Yemeni Mochas, and the most appreciated
coffees by experts Worldwide.
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