Il6 OTHER VARIETIES. 



or lowland coffees — is greatly inferior to the mountain pro- 

 duct of Yemen. The bean is small, irregular, immature 

 and chaffy, having a gnarled or shriveled appearance, 

 greenish in color when new but assuming a yellow- 

 ish hue as it dries. Being only imperfectly cured it 

 frequently contains fragments of hull, fibre and small 

 stones. It is invariably "quakery" when roasted, and 

 in body and flavor is inferior to the average run of what 

 are known in trade as " mild coffees." Yet, though not a 

 palatable coffee when drunk alone, it makes a fairly fra- 

 grant infusion when combined with a Preanger or other 

 good Java. It is principally shipped from Hodeida, now 

 the second considerable port in the Red sea, from which 

 it is known to trade as " Hodeida Mocha," and in con- 

 tradistinction to that shipped from Aden, and known as 

 "Aden Mocha." At Hodeida the coffee is sold in the 

 custom house, whither it is brought from the interior. 

 The Hodeida dealers also receiving large quantities of 

 Malabar, Bourbon and other small-bean varieties to mix 

 with or substitute for the original sort. 



There are several other varieties known to trade and 

 sold as Mocha coffee, but having little or no relation to 

 it. Among these are : — 



Lechia. — Shipped from a small port to the north of 

 Hodeida and from which it derives its trade name. It is 

 very inferior in quality, roasting and drinking poorly, 

 and on the whole not a desirable sort. 



Djebelli. — Which is imported into Aden from the 

 African coast, and is a mountain-grown coffee possessing 

 valuable cup qualities. 



