I am not a regular coffee person. However, even a non-coffee connoisseur like myself have heard of the famous Arabian Coffee or Arabian Roast.
There are Starbucks and Coffee-Beans in the shopping malls in Doha. Why would I want to try something that I can find at home or any other city in the world?
I ventured to the traditional Souk (marketplace) in the elusive hunt for age-old traditional Arabian coffee.
The guy in the coffeeshop is browsing wirelessly on a laptop, smoking a Seesha pipe and drinking Cappuccino.
I looked for the most run-down, most shabby, most traditional looking coffee-shop to get a real taste of Arabian Coffee. After all, am I not in Arabian land?
After some effort, I came upon this traditional looking coffee-shop. I ventured in. The shop-keeper was unable to speak English and I was certainly unable to speak Arabic. With some gesturing, it was established I wanted a cup of coffee. It cost US$0.80.
The shop-keeper promptly proceed to make me a cup of Nescafe Instant Coffee - with extra sugar.
I'm still trying to find out where to drink genuine traditional Arabian coffee.
Even this old looking coffeeshop serves modern Nescafe
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lol, hope you've found a coffee by now. It's called Gahwa in arabic btw :P
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