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YEMEN

Yemeni coffee is the oldest, continuously cultivated coffee in the world. The Coffea arabica tree originated in Ethiopia but was first systematically cultivated and commercialized in Yemen. Until European colonists got into the game in about 1,700 Yemen produced virtually all coffee drunk in the world.

Coffee production practices changed as it spread from Yemen to the rest of the world. However, Yemen stayed with its original, ancient methods. The coffee fruit is picked and laid out to dry on rooftops. Later the dried fruit husks are split open with millstones, and the beans are winnowed and cleaned by hand. One unique fact about the dried fruit husks or Qishr, is that they are not thrown out, rather kept and made into a slightly sweet tea. Qishr tastes unlike any other tea. Qishr tastes like Qishr.