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SOMARASpecialty Yemeni Coffee
أهلاً وسهلاًWelcome · Portland, Oregon

Rooted in Yemen. Roasted in Portland.

Coffee from mountain terraces above 2,000 meters, roasted in small batches every week. Four roasts, one cardamom chai, and a welcome in every cup.

Fresh from the roaster
Coffee or chai?

Find your cup.

A few quick questions and we'll match you with the Somara bag you'll love most.

Answers are anonymous. They help us decide what to roast next.

Where it begins

From family farms in Yemen.

A woman in a straw hat holding ripe coffee cherries over a basket, with green mountains behind herHarvest season
Harvest season
Portrait of a coffee farmer in Yemen holding ripe cherries in both handsOne of our farmers
One of our farmers
Weathered hands holding a handful of ripe coffee cherriesOnly the ripe cherries
Ripe cherries
A woven basket full of freshly picked red and orange coffee cherriesA day's pick
A day's pick

Our coffee is picked by hand on small family farms in Yemen's highlands, where coffee was first grown as a crop and shipped to the world through the port of Al-Makha. That's where the word mocha comes from. These are the people behind every bag.

Meet our farmers

Market dates and new roasts

One short email when we're at a new market or a new lot arrives.