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9 unusual facts about mocha


Al-Hadi Muhammad

Unruly conditions in the lowlands eroded the economy of coastal cities such as Mocha, and many city-dwellers migrated to British Aden.

Al-Mansur al-Husayn II

In 1738 a serious crisis occurred in the relations between the Zaidi government and the French traders in Mocha.

Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad

Now they finally gave in, agreeing to surrender the lowland cities Zabid, and Mocha, and Kamaran Island.

Al-Mutawakkil Ahmad

However, the governor of the important trading port Mocha refused to acknowledge the usurpation of power, and received assistance from the Sultan of Lahej and Aden.

Coffee production

All coffee, when it was introduced in Europe, came from the port of Mocha in what is now Yemen.

Farhan, Emir of Loheia

As the Europeans he had previously met had been only traders he was surprised to learn the Danes had a doctor, a botanist and an astronomer among their party, and at once suggested they stay some time in his territory to pursue their researches before travelling on to their destination, Mocha, under his protection.

Joan van Hoorn

Prices were determined by the merchants at Mocha so to do something about this, the Company tried growing coffee in other regions.

Mattheus de Haan

Coffee from Mocha took off there, as did the Arabic coffee of the English.

Mocha, Yemen

Even after other sources of coffee were found, Mocha beans (also called Sanani or Mocha Sanani beans, meaning from Sana'a) continued to be prized for their distinctive flavor—and remain so even today.


Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad

Important cities like Zabid, Bayt al-Faqih and Mocha were captured by al-Mutawakkil Muhammad's forces.

Crazy Mocha Coffee Company

Unlike major chain coffee shops, Crazy Mocha permits customers expansive use of the Wi-Fi system.

Mir Jumla II

Mir Jumla, who in the 1640s had his own ships and organized merchant fleets that sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.

Mocha Island

Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith of the University of Otago and José-Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga of the University of Valparaíso hope to win agreement soon with the locals of Mocha Island to begin an excavation search for Polynesian remains on the island.

Shakacho language

Shekkacho (also Mocha, Shakacho, Shekka) is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken mainly in Sheka Zone at southwestern Ethiopia.

Ulrich Jasper Seetzen

In Arabia he made extensive journeys, ranging from Medina to Lahak and returning to Mocha, from which place his last letters to Europe were written in November 1810.

Vanilla software

As example, IBM's mainframe text publishing system BookMaster, provides a default way to specify which parts of a book to publish, called "vanilla", and a fancier way, called "mocha".


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