“Al-Mokha” is a small port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. From the 15th century until the early 18th century, it was the only marketplace to export coffee worldwide.
“Bunn” in Arabic means the coffee cherry, coffee beans, or ground coffee. It was the first name by which coffee was known in the Arab culture for more than 800 years.
Mokha Bunn Specialty Coffee, founded by Mustafa, a coffee addict with great admiration for Yemen and a deep love for the lasting aroma of roasting coffee. In the last few years, as the political conflict had arisen in Yemen, it drew attention to the country but in a negative light. Mustafa yearned to bring back positivity and as he contemplated happier times, he recalled how the one thing that brought both tourists and natives together, and provided a sense of contentment, and enjoyment of Yemeni history, was coffee! This was a turning point in his life and what sparked his journey to create the Mokha Bunn brand.
a Yemeni Canadian woman -mother of Mr.Adam- and an avid coffee drinker who had difficulty finding genuine Yemeni coffee until she discovered a company that was focusing on selling the real deal! That company was Mokha Bunn in Chile. After many meetings, and the realization that they had the same goal of sharing the finest Yemeni coffee with the world, bring back the legacy of Yemeni coffee and reflect a better picture of the country, Jihad and Mustafa became partners and today share their passion for everything related to coffee from green sourcing, roasting, cupping, packaging, and delivering so that individuals everywhere can enjoy it too!
is the first Canadian company/roastery specialized in high grade Yemen specialty coffee that works from farm to cup and establishes a direct and transparent line between Yemeni coffee producers and North American consumers while guaranteeing sustainable and fair trade practices throughout the process.
After our coffee scored first place in the Brewers Cup Championship in Chile in 2019, we decided to share our finest specialty coffee selection and give the world easy access to unique coffees. We ethically source sustainable, exceptional, fully traceable, naturally processed, and organic micro-lots Yemeni coffee, then roast them ourselves in Canada to ensure the best quality.
We don’t negotiate the price but we always negotiate the quality, and therefore placing a great deal of importance on the farmers’ efforts by rewarding them fairly for crops that meet our high-quality standards is crucial. Furthermore, we regularly upgrade the payroll to encourage farmers to improve the quality, which explains why our coffees evolve throughout the seasons.
As a result, we serve the world with the most magnificent aromas and a vast array of flavors with complex, sweet, chocolatey, spicy, and fruity notes that are smooth and pleasant. That’s why our coffee is truly second to none. We offer an ancient tradition that provides a remarkable experience for every coffee enthusiast who chooses to enjoy a cup of Mokha Bunn.
From farm to cup, we take care of every detail in the process. Due to the ancient varieties, the unique geographical conditions in Yemen, the dry climate, the elevation where coffee is grown, and the current political situation, Yemen coffee requires a special and professional treatment to deliver the farm’s quality. In Yemen, we supervise the harvest, control the drying process, hulling, hand sorting, packing, and exportation procedures. Once in Canada, we start profiling and roasting to get the the best cup profiles of each lot.
Basically, Mokha Bunn combines the tradition of Yemeni coffee culture with the innovation of specialty coffee.