Saints of Mokha is a family-run roastery in Leicester, established in 2016 and named after Ali Ben Omar, the Sufi Saint from the Yemeni port city of Mokha credited in their telling with coffee's discovery.
Saints of Mokha is a family-run roastery in Leicester, established in 2016 and named after Ali Ben Omar, the Sufi Saint from the Yemeni port city of Mokha credited in their telling with coffee's discovery. The brand's stated mission is to revive Yemen's coffee heritage while presenting the finest coffees the world has to offer.
The Leicester site combines a coffee house, an on-site training school and an on-site roastery, with wholesale supply handled through an OrderSpace portal. Producer relationships called out on the site include Jhonathan and his brother Johan from Pitalito, Colombia.
The team has competition credentials in the form of a 2nd place finish at the World Barista Championship and a 1st place at the Australian Coffee Championship, and lists Mahlkonig among its industry partners.
