mocha

Meanings

Noun

• A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
• A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.
• A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
• A strong Arabian coffee.
• An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

Adjective

• Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

Origin

• From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا, due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
• The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.