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Yemen - Cupping with Mohamed
We returned to Sana'a to do some coffee cupper training, and to have a nighttime stroll around the old city. basically we needed to buy tchotchkes and such.
Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)
Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)

Back in Sana'a, we arranged with the Sowaids to have a cupping. If you can believe it, nobody in...

Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)
Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)

Duane took the lead. They had just given us our owm Jambir knives to take home, so we wore them...

Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)
Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)

George M. George and myself at the impromptu "cupping table" Yemen

Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)
Cupping with Mohamed (Sowaid)

These were all roasted with a popcorn popper. I am not sure anyone in Yemen has ever even seen a...

Old Sana'a Marketplace - Jambir Row
Old Sana'a Marketplace - Jambir Row

That evening, we walked around the market. With sections like this, all Jambir vendors, you...

Old Sana'a - Jambir Van
Old Sana'a - Jambir Van

I couldn't fiure out why there were so many Jambirs for sale, if they weren't just for tourists...

Old Sana'a Marketplace - Jambir polishing
Old Sana'a Marketplace - Jambir polishing

Oh, enough with the Jambirs already. My joke was, since they are all basically the same size,...

Old Sana'a - Making Oil
Old Sana'a - Making Oil

In old Sana'a they use camels to mill oil (seseme oil I believe. This shop was right inside the...

Old Sana'a Marketplace - Spice Row
Old Sana'a Marketplace - Spice Row

Everything is divided into sections here, tinware, hardware, those damn jambirs, textiles, and...

Old Sana'a - Facade No 848
Old Sana'a - Facade No 848

Who decides where windows go? The City of Sana'a Code Enforcement Unit? I don't think so. Yemen...

Old Sana'a - Wow
Old Sana'a - Wow

In conclusion of my report entitled "Yemen, Magical Wonders of the Ancient Land", I have proved...