Yemen Mocha Matari

Matari-Sayhee coffee comes from the traditional coffee-growing region of Bani Matars in Yemen, located in a gently sloping intermontane valley. The Al-Sayh Valley lies at an elevation of between 1,500 and 1,700 meters above sea level. The climate is subtropical, with average rainfall of 300 mm in the spring and summer, and dry autumn and winter months. The quality of the coffee is positively influenced by a permanent spring in the upper valley, which allows farmers to control the flowering period and avoid water shortages during bean development.

The green coffee exporter “Pearl of Tehama” has established a network for the collection and traceability of Matari Sayhee coffee. This coffee is exported to many customers from five sub-villages, operated by 45 farmers. Each sub-village plantation (called a “mahlah”) is operated by 3 to 18 households, with the size of the plantations varying between 200 and 1,000 trees. The trees are mostly planted on terraces of varying sizes, with between ten and one hundred trees per plot.