Yemen Al Hayma Reserve Microlot

The coffee is grown in Al Hayma, a mountainous district west of Sana'a and one of Yemen's most established growing areas, where production is concentrated across Al Hayma Al Dakhiliya, Al Hayma Al Kharijiya, and neighbouring Haraaz. Farms here sit at exceptional elevation, commonly between 2200 and 2400masl, and are worked by smallholders on very small plots, some yielding only a few kilograms in a season.

The variety is Udaini, an heirloom indigenous to Yemen and among the oldest cultivated coffee varieties in the world. Grown at this altitude, it is prized for its intensity and depth of cup. Processing is an extended anaerobic natural. Fully ripe cherries are sealed whole in airtight tanks and fermented for 142 hours, then dried slowly on raised beds over roughly three weeks.