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mocha

ˈmō-kə 2 syllables uncommon

  1. noun. the small, irregular-shaped coffee beans of plants grown in the mountainous regions of Yemen that produce an earthy, strong coffee of usually medium to high acidity; also: the coffee prepared from mocha beans

    • … Mocha beans, from Yemen, confer a winey accent to mellow-tasting Java beans from Indonesia.
  2. noun. a similar coffee grown in Ethiopia

  3. noun. a flavoring made of a strong coffee infusion or of a mixture of cocoa or chocolate with coffee

Origin

Mocha, Yemen.

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