Mocha is one kind of taste that may be often
encountered, for example in ice cream, bread and other foods. In the
terms of coffee drinks, mocha reffer to
Caffe Mocha
which is a variant of the
Caffe Latte consisting of one
third
espresso, two-thirds steamed milk, and a little extra chocolate.
Chocolate can be added here sweet cocoa powder or chocolate syrup.
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The term of "mocha" is not derived from
the Italian nor French language. Caffe Mocha takes its name from the Red
Sea coastal town of
Mocha, Yemen, which is the
dominant exporter of coffee in the 15th century especially around
the Arabian peninsula.
Mocha is also used to describe a type of coffee bean. Smaller and
more rounded than the other varieties of coffee beans. These coffee
beans is native to Ethiopia and Yemen. It is not known for sure if
mocha
beans has chocolate-like taste in the earlier time. However, these
coffee beans does not has 'chocolate-like' taste at present time.
