mocha

noun

mo·​cha ˈmō-kə 

1

a(1)

: the small, irregular-shaped coffee beans of plants grown in the mountainous regions of Yemen that produce an earthy, strong coffee of usually medium to high acidity

… Mocha beans, from Yemen, confer a winey accent to mellow-tasting Java beans from Indonesia.

—Consumer Reports

also : the coffee prepared from mocha beans

(2)

: a similar coffee grown in Ethiopia

b

: a flavoring made of a strong coffee infusion or of a mixture of cocoa or chocolate with coffee

2

: a pliable suede-finished glove leather from African sheepskins

3

: a dark chocolate-brown color

Examples of mocha in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And maybe, just maybe, a horseshoe-moustached, hardened rocker with a booming growl will quietly leave a grocery store tomorrow to take his mushroom mocha milk back home. —Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025

The former includes espresso, americano, cappucino, latte, chaga mocha, cold brew and drip coffee. —Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Others, including pumpkin, mocha, and chocolate cream, feel tailor-made for cozying up by the fire when the weather turns crisp. —Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025

Tobacco tannins then coordinate a handoff to cocoa dust and a little mocha. —David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Mocha, Yemen

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Rhymes for mocha

• boca
• bocca
• broca
• cloaca
• coca
• loca
• phoca
• tapioca

Kids Definition

mocha

noun

mo·​cha ˈmō-kə 

1

: coffee of high quality grown in Arabia

2

: a mixture of coffee and chocolate

Geographical Definition

Mocha

geographical name

Mo·​cha ˈmō-kə 

variants or Arabic Al Mukhā

ˌäl-mu̇-ˈḵä 

town and port on the Red Sea in southwestern Yemen population 10,428