Mocha

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈmoÊŠkÉ™/
• Rhymes: -əʊkÉ™
• UK IPA: /ˈmÉ’kÉ™/
• Rhymes: -É’kÉ™

Origin

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic المخا, 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.

Full definition of mocha

Noun

1. (countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof; a caffè mocha.
2. A strong Arabian coffee
3. A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour
4. A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
5. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

Related terms

• mochaccino

Adjective

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

Anagrams

• macho