STORY
This Alchemy processed Yemenia lot is a part of Qima’s Competition and 90+ Series, a category of the best coffee Yemen has to offer. It was grown on an altitude of around 2,350 MASL in the Hayma Dakhiliya region of the Sana’a governorate in Yemen.

Hayma Dakhiliya as a coffee producing region produces low yet high quality yields. The cluster of mountainous villages in this region remains isolated and inaccessible by road due to rough and rugged terrain.

ALCHEMY PROCESS
The Alchemy series relies on a combination of pressure (up to 10 bar/145 psi), temperature control, gas regulation and managed drying, to develop a truly unique set of coffees with unparalleled flavour expression and structure. All of our processing and fermentation protocols are underpinned by principles of chemical engineering, ensuring our innovations are both sensorially unique and scientifically novel.

TRACEABILITY: HAYMA DAKHILIYA < SANA’A < YEMEN
Hayma Dakhiliya is a coffee growing region located in the west of the Sana’a governorate, and is one of the governorate’s most well-known regions. The region has 11 mountainous villages located 50 km west to the capital city of Sana’a. Some of these include Al Yaer, Bait Yaseen, Al Mezab and Bait Al Kabsh. However, due to rough terrain and rugged roads, these villages are hard to reach and remain isolated from the city. Access to education, healthcare and other amenities also remains limited due to the same reason.

The Sana’a governorate occupies the biggest share of Yemeni specialty coffee production in quality and quantity. The main coffee-growing areas are Hayma Dakhiliya, Hayma Kharijiya, Bani Matar, Bani Ismail, and Haraaz. Some factors that make high-quality coffee growing possible here include a range of altitudes, soil fertility, microclimate and rainfall.

Sana’a is also home to Yemen’s capital city, which has one of the longest-continuous coffee cultures in the world. Much of the coffee consumed there is prepared using the traditional Ibrik method, brewing coffee in a copper or silver pot over hot charcoal.