East Africa

Yemen’s capital embraces speciality coffee amidst wartime hardships

In the midst of war-torn Yemen’s battered landscapes and tributes to fallen soldiers, an unexpected trend is emerging in the capital city—a flourishing wave of specialty coffee houses, serving top-rated pour-over brews. Yemen, one of the most impoverished countries in the Arabian Peninsula, has a deep-rooted history with coffee. Legend has it that Sufi mystics […]