The name of Mocha coffee originated from the Red Sea seaside town of Mocha in Yemen. This place monopolized the coffee export trade in the 15th century, and had a particularly great impact on the coffee trade sold to the Arabian Peninsula. Mocha is also a "chocolate-colored" coffee bean (mocha from Yemen), which evokes the association of chocolate mixed with coffee, and the development of chocolate espresso drinks. In Europe, "mocha coffee" may refer to this beverage or simply to coffee brewed with mocha beans.

It is a brewing method in which coffee beans are mixed with espresso.