What we sell
Coffee from Yemen is not a single product. Each valley dries its cherries differently, each village picks at a different week, and the landraces growing on those terraces have been selected locally for centuries. We buy in small, separated lots so that what reaches you still tastes of a particular place.
Green coffee
Unroasted beans by the bag, in separated lots by crop year.
Roasted coffee
Roasted to profile in small batches, whole bean or ground.
Wholesale
Supply for roasteries, cafés, hotels and retailers.
The three names buyers ask for
Mattari, Sanani and Hirazi are market names, not botanical varieties. They tell you where a coffee was grown and traded, which in Yemen matters more than the plant genetics. Read what separates them before you order a sample.
Mokha Mattari
The classic heavy, chocolate-and-raisin profile from Bani Matar.
Mokha Sanani
Balanced, spiced and the most consistent of the three.
Mokha Hirazi
Floral, fruit-forward, and often the highest-scoring Yemeni lots.
Why the price is not on this page
Green coffee is quoted per lot. A Yemeni harvest is small, rain-fed and gathered from thousands of smallholder plots, so availability and cost move from month to month — and freight, insurance and the CHF/USD rate move with them. Publishing a fixed price would mean publishing a wrong one. Instead we answer with a written offer, valid for a stated period, usually within a working day.
- Tell us the origin and the quantity, and whether you want green or roasted.
- We confirm what is in store, what is on the water and what the next harvest looks like.
- You receive a written offer with grade, crop year, packaging and delivery terms.
- Samples are available for commercial quantities before you commit.
Buying from Switzerland
We are based in Switzerland and deliver domestically as well as into the EU and further afield. Import, customs and the Swiss compulsory-stock levy explains what actually happens between a warehouse in Yemen and your roastery — including the paperwork most first-time importers do not expect.
Import & customs
Customs, VAT and the Swiss compulsory-stock levy, explained.
Quality & grading
How Yemeni lots are graded, and what to check before buying.
FAQ
Prices, minimums, delivery, samples and shelf life.
Where it comes from
Almost all Yemeni coffee grows between 1'500 and 2'400 metres on stone terraces cut into near-vertical slopes, watered by seasonal rain rather than irrigation. The cherries are dried whole in the sun, usually on the flat roof of the farmer's own house. That combination — altitude, thirst and whole-cherry drying — is what produces the dried-fruit and spice character people recognise as Yemeni.