Home Grown Café T-shirt - Latte Cream/Sand

• Regular Fit
• 100% Cotton
  
• Size: S-XXL
• 190GSM
• Unisex
• Limited Edition

The story behind this design

In Collaboration With @SaintsofMokha http://saintsofmokha.com/

When one thinks of the countries around the world most associated with coffee, Yemen probably doesn’t come to mind. But coffee is deeply connected to the country’s history and the world owes much of its coffee culture to the little-known country. Whilst the coffee tree has its roots in Ethiopia, the coffee drink originated in Yemen. The bean is said to have been first consumed as a beverage in western Yemen in 1450 by the country’s Sufi monk population who used the drink to help them stay awake during the hours of the night for prayer. This discovery marked the beginning of the world’s coffee drinking culture as we know it today.

Yemen prospered as coffee made its way around the world; by the early 1700s, virtually the entire country’s income came from coffee exports, and the whole world’s coffee supply came from Yemen. As a result of this, much of Yemen’s farming population moved to growing coffee in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, it is not uncommon to come across Yemeni farmers who have been working in coffee cultivation for multiple generations going back 400-500 years.

We cannot write about Yemen without focussing on the heart breaking human tragedy of the long running war and it’s impact on the population there. For almost eight years now, a war has been raging in Yemen, causing thousands of people to lose their lives including many of the elderly and children it has been stated that Yemen are going through the worlds worst humanitarian crisis I hope we can all come together to make a change and help those who are in need of the most exposure.

Architects of change. 

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