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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Yemen’s coffee farmers bid to win over baristas to their heritage beans

Coffee beans are red in farmer's outstretched palms. Hands and sleeves only visible in photo.
A Yemeni farmer holds freshly harvested coffee beans. Photograph: Shutterstock

The beans that have grown across Yemen’s harsh mountain landscapes for more than 600 years have been largely overlooked by modern coffee connoisseurs.

But last month, a group of farmers in ceremonial dress, replete with daggers in their belts, visited a London coffee-roasting firm, bent on restoring Yemen’s status as the birthplace of good coffee.

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