Mocha coffee got its name around 1773 when Ethiopian beans shipped from the Yemeni port city of Mocha became the most popular coffee in Europe.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans began adding chocolate to mocha coffee as a flavoring.
But it wasn’t until recently when boutique coffee shops coined the term that mocha coffee took on the meaning of “chocolate-flavoured.”
Mocha coffee’s primary definition is still officially “a pungent, rich Arabian coffee.”
