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Yemeni coffee has always commanded a premium price as it's cultivated in harsh conditions, meaning a low yield in relation to other coffee producing areas.

It also has a distinct and sought after flavour derived from the beans being dried in their husks.

With the highest returns in overseas markets, the best coffee was kept for export.

However, years of conflict in Yemen, with ports blocked and innumerable restrictions on export, meant that many businesses were inspired to look inwards.

This has resulted in specialty coffee shops once again springing up across the country.

Ghaleb Yahya Alharazi's the manager of the massive 1,000 seat Haraz Coffee House in the country's capital Sana'a.

The second most consumed beverage in the world, coffee is believed to have first been brewed by Sufi mystics.

Hussein Ahmed, who runs Mocha Hunters Cafe, is grateful to the Yemeni diaspora for a surge in business.

Traditionally brewed via a drip or pour technique, Yemeni coffee is prided for its distinctive characteristics.

Mocha Hunters Cafe regular Adel al-Moaid maintains that beyond the method of brewing, the coffee's characteristics mean that no other can match it.

It's this distinctive aroma which leaves the Yemeni diaspora nostalgic for home.

And since Yemen's new, upmarket cafes are now offering their wares online, Yemenis living far from home are also playing a role in the resurgence of the local coffee industry.

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