Yemen Mocca Mattari Sana’a Governorate Yemen: Mocca Mattari, Sana’a Governorate

OK, this one sure caught me by surprise... I take back all the things I thought about you when I first inspected the beans. This was my first experience with a Yemen and when I saw the very small and irregular looking beans I thought you sent me the "leftovers" from the bottom of the bag. I remembered "it's all about the cup" and decided to go ahead and roast some... WOW, this is a really good coffee! Maybe you should include a little about it's appearance in the description to prepare newbies for what to expect. Thanks for all the good service and coffees!

Matari is my favorite bean. However, the size of the coffee beans is not constant. Also, there are more defects than other beans. You must do a hand pick. This is a bean that requires a lot of effort. However, it is very fragrant and has a good flavor. It is not always possible to buy from this site, so it is recommended to try it when it is in stock.

Yemeni beans have become harder and harder to find, particularly well handled beans, due mostly to the on-going war in Yemen. As a result, I've taken to keeping a Google alert for Yemen coffee beans, and every so often, some make it into the U.S. market, notwithstanding the U.S. condoned war there. I'm rarely disappointed for the wait. I'm a big lover of many types of African coffee beans, particularly Ethiopian. And I find Yemeni beans to be comparable and sometimes better than even some of the best Ethiopian beans. The five pounds I ordered here have lived up to my expectations. Although they were small and of different quality (which leads to a challenge in obtaining a consistent roast), the flavor of the beans (at a second crack dark or City roast) includes dark chocolate and fruit tones, with a smooth (not acidic) finish. If you've never tried Yemeni beans, but you like African coffees (or more particularly, Ethiopian coffees), take the plunge! You won't be disappointed!

One of my favorite cups of all time!! Roasted to FC+ in a fresh roast sr800. It’s smooth and chocolatey, rich and complex. Also tried it in a 50/50 mocca-java blend. First Yemen for me. Absolutely fantastic!

One of the finest coffees I have ever tasted and worth every penny.

There's a lot that can be said for this bean type. At light roasts you get a fruity, tangy cup with a smooth finish. At city roasts you get a flowery, nutty cup with a slightly spiced finish. At dark roasts, you get a blast of spice, almost black licorice flavor with a deep earthy finish. There really is a cup for most palates with this bean. Insanely high range of flavors that can be extracted with the right amount of roast customizing. And I'd also like to touch on how beautiful the beans become after a roast, the chaff makes every roast look like it's dusted in gold leaf. A word of advice, let it sit before you cup it. A coffee bean this complex deserves a clean brewing!

This is the mocha bean of Mocha Java and is very hard to find. This is great bean and I will be ordering again and again and ....

Deep and rich for Yemen. Maybe the best ever, one of them for sure.

Excellent cup. Took the roast a tick past full city + and may have stepped over the line of extracting the more the character, body and richness of these beans and not more toast. None the less I prefer a darker roast so it satisfies my pallet. what an inspiring cup of coffee, rich and intense with a dusty cocoa on Tiramisu character at the finish. Its addictive. Didn't really see an issue with the beans they cracked aggressively and roasted well. I agree a longer set-up does wonders. Hope to be able to enjoy more beans from this region. Winner!

I got a pound of Ishmali along with some Java to make some classic Mocha Java purely for nostaligic reasons, but after trying the Ishmali I forgot all about the Java, LOL. I sent most of what I roasted to my kids so they could experience first hand why chocolate flavored coffee is called "Mocha." But when I tried to order more, OF COURSE the Ishmali was no longer available :-( so I tried the Matari. My memory is not the best but it seems to be not quite as chocolaty as the Ismali, but still, from espresso to Cafe au Lait, no matter how you brew this the chocolaty goodness is evident. I just wish I could afford to drink it all the time.

High Quality I strongly recommend it; the beans were roasted to medium for espresso (chocolate milk color like maybe slightly darker), made a cafe latte with a ratio 1 oz espresso shot to 5 oz of foamed milk, the result was a very smooth nut taste Latte without the bitterness and sourness.

These beans are very different in size and appearance but don't be fooled. They give a remarkable cup with wonderful flavors. A lighter roast yields a more earthy, spicy flavor while darker roasts give pronounced chocolate and red berry flavors. This is one of my favorites!

The best of the best well worth the price.

Does anyone have a behemor 1600 plus profile roast for this ? Very hard to hear first and second crack . Or any profile roast

Wow, this is good coffee. Well worth the price. Surely a favorite in my coffee selection. I must say, it is difficult to hear 2nd crack, so need to go by visual. Once I find the roasting sweet-spot, I think this will be awesome coffee. Enjoy!

I had this ysterday morning while reading the Sunday paper. Not the first time, but now I'm worried it will go away so I am ordering again. This is too good to now have some extra around!

The definite classic small bean varietal which produced the expected intoxicating aroma arrived very promptly and adequately packed in plastic one lb. bags. As this is my first experience home roasting beans I have to experiment further with roasting variations in order to achieve the cup that I'm familiar with from pre-roasted Matari. As I believe I overroasted a small batch of Ismaili, producing what I imagine expresso roasted Ismaili would taste like, (a little burnt with an aftertaste of classic Ismaili med. roast in the upper palate), I may have overcompensated by not roasting the Matari enough, as I'm tasting primarily light bitterness without the expected caramel or other flavor components, even though the roasted beans smell fantastic. That nose dissipates very quickly from the brewed cup, however. Consequently, I will have to experiment with further roasts before I can comment on the finished product. The raw beans, however, appear clean and in good condition. I'm really hoping for the best because finding pre-roasted Ismaili at anything near this price is impossible.