Decoding the true face of "Mocha" coffee

Like Xiao Ming in various jokes, "Mocha" often changes its identity, sometimes it is fancy coffee, sometimes it turns into coffee beans, comparable to "Yu Zecheng". This time, the editor will work with everyone to uncover the true face of this guy and expose it!

Is Mocha coffee a type of coffee bean or a coffee drink? Or is it a place name? Actually, all of these answers are correct. But none of them are completely correct. So what exactly is Mocha coffee? What is Mocha coffee all about?

1. The name of a fancy coffee

In European or American coffee shops, if you order a cup of mocha coffee, the waiter will serve you a cup of fancy coffee with chocolate sauce and cream. This kind of coffee is very popular among girls.

2. The name of a single origin coffee drink

In some Japanese coffee shops, if you order a single-origin "Mocha coffee", it means a cup of pure single-origin black coffee made from Mocha coffee beans.

3. The name of a coffee bean

If you buy coffee beans online or in a cafe, Mocha coffee becomes a single origin coffee bean, which means coffee beans produced in the Harar region of Ethiopia.

In the 15th century, the export industry of coffee-growing countries in the entire Middle East and Africa was not prosperous, and Mocha in Yemen was the main export port near the Red Sea at that time. At that time, all African coffee that was concentrated in Mocha Port and then exported was collectively called Mocha coffee. Now, although the status of Mocha Port has been replaced by new ports, the origin of Mocha coffee during the Mocha Port period is still preserved, and the coffee beans produced in these origins are still called Mocha coffee beans. This kind of coffee beans has a natural fruity acid taste.

4. A misunderstanding

Is the coffee made by a moka pot mocha coffee? Many people have this misunderstanding, thinking that the coffee made by a moka pot is mocha coffee. In fact, the coffee made by a moka pot is Italian coffee or espresso. Because the moka pot uses the steam pressure principle to make coffee, it can extract the essence of coffee to the greatest extent. It has a history of nearly a hundred years.

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