Yemen – Yemenis in Taiz celebrate coffee heritage

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Location: Taiz -Yemen

Language: Arabic

Duration: 00:02:48

Voice: Natural

Source: A24

Restrictions: A24 Client

Dateline: 05-03-2022

Storyline

Taiz Cultural Office organized a coffee tasting festival to encourage coffee cultivation in the Yemeni city, which is famous for producing “mocha” coffee beans.

Marking National Coffee Day 2022, which falls on March 3rd, the festival featured plays and art shows, as well as planting about 10,000 coffee seedlings in Taiz.

Mocha coffee variety is named after the historic Mocha Port, which was a major center of international coffee trade.

Shotlist

  • (SOUNDBITE) Zainab Muhammad – Citizen:

“Coffee is connected with Yemen’s ancient heritage of. Yemen is famous for producing many unique types of coffee. Coffee gives us a breathing space amid the war in Yemen.”

  • (SOUNDBITE) Abdul-Khaleq Seif – Director of Taiz Cultural Office:

“At this festival, we celebrate our heritage of producing unique coffee.”  

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