Northern highland governorate, among Yemen's main coffee highlands. Naturally processed lots can cup caramel- and chocolate-toned.
Hajjah, a governorate in Yemen's northwest, is named among the country's principal northern coffee highlands. One specialty lot from the governorate was grown at about 2,000 m from the Odaini varietal, naturally processed, and harvested October to December. Hoffmann's governorate table, relayed by Jayarr Coffee, gives 1,600-1,800 m and an October-December harvest, so single lots can sit above the governorate figure. Yemeni coffee in general is dry-processed, with whole cherries sun-dried on rooftops.
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