Yemeni coffee houses

Yemen is the original commercial coffee export market — the port of Mokha gave the mocha drink its name — and a wave of Yemeni-American coffee houses has reshaped Brooklyn's late-night café scene. Williamsburg has emerged as a notable cluster, with shops near and around the Brooklyn end of the Williamsburg Bridge serving a mix of Yemeni traditional drinks (cardamom-spiced qahwa, ginger-and-spice adeni shai, qishr made from coffee cherry husks) alongside espresso menus. They tend to stay open later than third-wave specialty bars, which has made them a default after-dinner stop.