Mocha

Mocha

Mocha (al‐Mukhā), Yemen A seaport whose Arabic name means ‘The Place (where the water) is divided (by a dam)’. According to legend, it was founded in 1418 by Shaikh al‐Shādhili who offered an Indian sea captain some coffee as medicine. It was effective and news of its qualities quickly spread. The port, surrounded by hills on which the coffee beans were grown, became the main centre for Arabia's coffee exports and gave its name to Mocha, a well‐known blend of coffee.

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mocha

mo·cha / ˈmōkə/ • n. 1. a fine-quality coffee. ∎  a drink or flavoring made with or in imitation of this, typically with chocolate added. ∎  a dark brown color. 2. a soft kind of leather made from sheepskin.

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Mocha

Mocha , town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden.

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Mocha2 applied to fine coffee, orig. that produced in Yemen, in which Mocha (the port of shipment, at the entrance of the Red Sea) is situated. XVIII.

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mocha
1. Variety of arabica coffee.

2. Flavoured with coffee.

3. In the USA a combination of coffee and chocolate flavouring. See also mocca.

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DAVID A. BENDER. "mocha." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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mocha, Mocha1 variety of chalcedony. XVII (mocus, moc(h)o). poss. the same word as next.

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