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Qahwa - Arabic coffee
A very light coffee made with light roasted coffee beans that are still green, and with lots of cardamom.
Recipe from linsfood ↗3 min
Prep
17 min
Cook
8
Serves
33 kcal
Calories
1g
Protein
9g
Carbs
1g
Fat
Ingredients
Other
water500 ml
ground light roast coffee (or 4 Tbsp beans to grind fresh)3 tbsp
cardamoms (coarsely ground)1 tbsp
clove1 pieces
small pinch saffron1 pieces
½ tsp rose water1 pieces
sugar as needed (nutritional info is based on 2 tsp per person)1 pieces
Method
01
Whichever coffee pot you are using to serve, fill it up with hot water to warm it up. Don't forget to empty it before trying to pour the Arabic coffee in!
02
Bring the water to boil in a small saucepan, ibrik or stovetop kettle. Add coffee, bring back to boil, then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
03
Add cardamom, clove and the saffron and leave to simmer for another 5 minutes.
04
Take off heat and strain through a sieve into the EMPTY, warm coffee pot. Stir in the rose water.
05
Serve immediately, as mentioned, with something sweet and filling the cups only halfway up.