moxa

moxa

MOXA
MOXA (MOKHA) IS AN ANCIENT SEAPORT IN YEMEN WHICH NAME CALLED A COFFEE GRADE.
HEYDAY OF MOKHA CITY IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE 15-17TH CENTURIES AND IS CONNECTED WITH A NAME OF THE SHEIKH SHADDI, WHO RULED THE COUNTRY WHEN MOST COFFEE TREES WERE PLANTED. SOON COFFEE BECAME ONE OF THE MAIN GOODS, AND THE SMALL SETTLEMENT GREW INTO THE LARGE TRADING PROSPEROUS TRADING CITY. IN EUROPE ITS NAME BECAME KNOWN AS MOKKO, NOWADAYS SPREAD AS A COFFEE GRADE.