Sep29

the monk of mokha.

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celebrate national coffee day with a your favorite cup of coffee and this wonderful book

it’s the incredible but true story of a young man, Mokhtar Alkhanshali,

a beverage, a history, a mix of cultures, and pure perseverance

the unlikely and winding journey he took

from here to there and back again

 keeps you wondering

will his dream come alive?

with a refusal to give up

a survival instinct

and lots of thinking on this feet

you’ll follow along

with this poignant, suspenseful, moving, and often funny story

as Mokhtar struggles to keep his balance

and not abandon his people

both near and far.

written by award-winning author, Dave Eggers

you can’t help but cheer him on

and you might even learn something along the way.

 

Mokhtar Alkhanshali and company

 

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“Al-Shadhili became known as the Monk of Mokha, and Mokha became the primary point of departure for all the coffee grown in Yemen and destined for faraway markets.”

-dave eggers, the monk of mokha

 

 

 

 

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credits: Dave Eggers, 2018, NYT bestseller, Knopf Publishing

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  12. Have decided to order the book from my library. Love coffee and love Dave Eggars so sounds like a win-win to me. I’ll let you know what I think

    [I take on so many book recommendations from so many blogs I follow I’ve started keeping a list in the back of my diary!!! LOL]

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  13. interesting story, made me think of the German word Mokka – in favour during the 50th and 60th before the espresso was known – a demie tasse of coffee, stronger than the ‚dishwater coffee‘, in a cup size between an espresso cup and a normal sized one! Got out of fashion afterwards but my parents had one of these mokka services.

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  18. I recently shared your post about coffee and when it was seen as “inappropriate” with my nibblings, we loved it and ended up talking about it the whole day.
    I have not had coffee since Wednesday and I’m feeling a bit off. I left my tins (two of them) of coffee at the office and didn’t want to waste money by going to restock. I took Thursday and Friday off work to refresh my mind. Can’t wait to get to the office tomorrow and hug them.
    Happy coffee day.

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