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The rise of coffee in Dubai and the Gulf

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‘Coffee continues to provide everlasting fascination. As a subject of exploration, it has more plots, twists and turns than an ‘HBO box set’. As a coffee roaster and Q-grader who learnt the trade in Wellington and London, I (rather foolishly) suspected that I would be stepping into the  ‘café scene from the dark ages’ when deciding to move to the United Arab Emirates… I was wrong… Naively wrong. The Gulf countries have taught me alot about coffee and about the things you can do with coffee that I for one had never heard of: did you know in some parts of Syria they like to put a tiny drop of a sperm whale’s stomach mucus into their brewed coffee? Or that in Saudi they stir in sap from the Mastic tree? The Gulf’s fascination with coffee stretches well back into the bowels of history and it is thought that an Arabic philosopher wrote about coffee in 800 to 900 AD. Whilst some authorities claim that coffee originated from the Arabian Peninsula rather than Ethiopia, stating that …

Sabado Coffee Club at The Coffee Museum

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Sabado Coffee Club are proud to announce that the next Sabado will take place on the 27th February at The Dubai Coffee Museum 12pm. come down – no registration is needed – you just need to turn up. Yes, I know, it’s not the first saturday of the month but we have coincided with The Gulf Food show 2016 and this next Sabado Coffee Club promises to be lots of fun – We will have many of the worlds coffee community attending and of course – some superb coffees too from some of the worlds best coffee speciality coffee roasters. Plus this time we will include a speciality decaf cupping too. See you at the Coffee Museum! http://www.coffeemuseum.ae/ http://sabadocoffeeclub.com/    

Sabado Coffee Club 14

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Last month Sabado Coffee Club took place at a new cafe called Kaffa Bean Cafe, it’s based in Silicon Oasis, Dubai. We had another good selection supplied by some of the finest roasters from around the world. and when we finally picked our favourite coffee on the table – we had a dead heat between Has Bean and Counter Culture, but on the final count Counter culture won with a stunning coffee from Ethiopia.   Here’s what they say about the coffee… Haru Single-Farmer Lot Down the road from the Haru Cooperative in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia, Olke Birre owns and manages about 12-hectares of land. Olke was one of the first farmers in all of Yirgacheffe to build his own mini-washing station, which gave him the ability to completely control the processing of his coffee. With this control—and his dedication to producing the best coffee possible—Olke and his family have created a coffee that is simply elegant. Look for clear flavors of citrus, peach, and jasmine. The Kaffa Bean Team brewed up our winning coffee through …

Sabado Coffee Club 12

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Welcome to Sabado Coffee Club. If you haven’t visited us before – come and check it out. Sabado Coffee Club is very relaxed, informative and fun. Sabado Coffee Club meets up on the first Saturday of the month and it’s hosted by a different café space each time. The Club presents fascinating coffees by interesting roasters which are brewed to taste. We then collect the votes to find the favourite and we make a filter brew of the winner for all to enjoy. Simple. Last months meet up took place at ‘The Sum of us’ – a lovely bakery and cafe that is located on 6 Street, Trade Center 1, Dubai. We had a lovely roaster who flew in from Beirut to bring some of his coffees. . After a lot of sipping and slurping of caffeine – we decided on a winner – the winning coffee was a sundried Costa Rican coffee from the Tarrazu region, roasted by ‘Has Bean’ in the UK. Here is what they say about their coffee… In the cup …

Sabado Coffee Club Number Nine

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Welcome to Sabado Coffee Club. The previous Sabado Coffee club met at one of Dubai’s friendliest cafes. Friends Avenue Cafe is in the JLT area of Dubai and the cafe generously played host to a really interesting table of coffees. The winner this month was a speciality coffee roaster from Greece called Mokka. Mokka‘s history in coffee goes all the way back to 1922, so to say they are experienced roasters is an understatement. Mokka won with a beautifully complex coffee from Burundi which was selected by ‘The Cup of excellence’ as being outstanding coffee. With multilayered flavours of figs, prunes and green apple – the coffee really stood out to most of the Sabado crew. Some old and new faces came down to Friends Avenue. The coffees this month were a real mixed bunch – some from roasters in Switzerland, some from the Middle East, some from New Zealand and even a coffee grown in Australia. In fact here are the top coffees tasted; Sabado Coffee Club is happy to announce that the next meetup …