The mocha variety of coffee grows on barely cultivated land on low bushes that develop under very dry conditions. When the majority of coffee cherries are ripe, the farmers pick all the cherries at once and spread them out to dry on hardened earth patios. The dried cherries are passed through millstones to remove the hulls and to release the two coffee beans inside.

This rather primitive method of producing coffee goes back centuries and accounts for the classic flavor that this wonderful coffee displays. It's worth noting that this coffee is grown organically. It is not something the farmers set out to do, but there is probably no more primitive coffee-growing area on Earth. The region is very remote, and the dried coffee must be carried out of the steep valleys by donkeys.

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