Yemen - Citadels of Harasi

Harasi is another coffee region within a few hours of Sana'a. They have great coffee here, and more of the crop is terrace-grown than what we saw in Saihi the day before.

Al Hagarah On the way to Haras, Yemen, you pass this especially imposing town, Al Hagarah. By the way,...	Amazing Views in Harasi On the way to the Haras growing area, towns and terraces Yemen	Flat Land Even arable flatter areas of land are terraced. Yemen
Amazing Views in Harasi More dramatic houses. What views from these abodes... Yemen	Amazing Views in Harasi Another cliffside town. Yemen	Amazing Views in Harasi Amazing Views in Harasi Yemen
Herder Rare sighting of the fairer sex. In the rural areas they ware straw shade hats over their veils...	Amazing Views in Harasi Yet another castle-like outcropping of homes. Yemen	Gart, Haras, Yemen The town of Gart is where we were headed on this trip. Yemen
Roadside Coffee Along the way, there was some very convenient coffee trees (a rarity in Yemen!) So we stopped. I...	Nasser Hussin Nasser was to be our host in Gart. He must have been hillarious, because he kept everyone in...	Yemen Shibriqi Mokha Coffee Cherry These trees were the Shibriqi clutivar and had lost of cherry, relative to Yemen at least. Yemen...
"Heavy" Production At any other coffee origin, this tree would be either removed, heavily pruned to increase next...	Shibriqi Mokha You can see this branch has already been harvested once, and is ready for it's final harvest....	Shibriqi Mokha Good even ripening here, especially for Yemen. Yemen