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Qahwa

The lightly roasted, cardamom-spiced coffee served as a welcome in Arab homes.

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Also: gahwa, kahve, arabic coffee

Qahwa is Arabic coffee, a pale, lightly roasted brew spiced with cardamom and sometimes saffron or clove, poured from a long-spouted pot, the dallah, into small handleless cups. The host pours a little at a time, beginning with the eldest or most honoured guest, and refills until the guest tilts the cup from side to side to say he is finished. Dates are eaten with it. Making coffee is a ritual: roasting the beans, grinding them in a brass mortar and boiling them. The tradition is listed by UNESCO as intangible heritage and is central to Gulf hospitality.

Region: Middle East

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