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Qatari Kahwa (coffee)
After being in Qatar for over 6 years I finally decided to try and make some Qatari Kahwa. Searching online I could only find receipes in arabic - so here is a translation for any one interesting in dabbling.
Ingredients:
3 cups of water – or half of thermos
2 teaspoon powdered cardamom
quarter teaspoon saffron threads
quarter teaspoon coffee mate
Boil 3 cups of water – or equivalent to half of the kettle.
Once it boils add 2 kahwa cups of coffee – boil for 5 minutes on medium heat.
Add powdered cardamom and leave for 10 minutes.
Add cup of warm water and leave for 1 minute.
Add coffee mate and leave for 3 minutes.
Leave for a few minutes until coffee settles.
Then siphon into thermos that has saffron threads added to it.
Leave for 5 minutes until coffee mixes with the saffron.
Serve in kahwa cups.
Enjoy!!
Does anyone have any different versions? I had one lady suggest using half of the little rainbow milk containers instead of the coffee mate.
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coxtown_rajan said
You have not recommended ...You have not recommended suitable side dish for this drink. Altogether 24 +++ minutes are spent in lab for making just 3 cups of so called "kahwa". No wonder why many of the office boys left their jobs before their first salary. good Keep it up, give us more info on such researches.
Camelia said
You have the correct ...You have the correct ingredients, but the whole process is taking too much time.
Boil the water, add the kahwa, let it boil 5 minutes.
Put all the dry ingredients into the thermos and pour the hot kahwa. Let it stand for 5 minutes and your kahwa is ready.
ltfo said
I dont like coffee mate in ...I dont like coffee mate in arabic coffee, better without it. It's a matter of taste.
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t_coffee_or_me said
Coffee mate is er added to ...Coffee mate is er added to Arabic coffee.
dawood khan said
TFS.....................:) ...TFS.....................:)
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t_coffee_or_me said
Coffee mate is never added to ...Coffee mate is never added to Arabic coffee.
Camelia said
Adding coffee mate is a ...Adding coffee mate is a matter of taste and makes the colour a bit lighter. Some houses do and some don't.
Some also add a bit of clove powder in winter time.
azamat said
that looks like a lot of ...that looks like a lot of work. can i get a "kawa to go" at starbucks?
diamond said
I prefer to keep it pure...ie ...I prefer to keep it pure...ie no coffee mate! In mine I have saffron, clove, cardamom and cinnamon.
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t_coffee_or_me said
No Qatari will add Coffee ...No Qatari will add Coffee mate to Arabic coffee.
Camelia said
to t_coffee_or _me,, maybe ...to t_coffee_or _me,,
maybe the arabic coffee you have drank had no coffee mate.
But don't say that NO qatari will add coffee mate to arabic coffee. Some people have experienced it, as well as i did,,
Why should we put false informations here?
t_coffee_or_me said
Been here 30+ years and ...Been here 30+ years and always drinking in Qatari house but never saw any one adding Coffee mate.
LincolnPirate said
I like to keep it pure: no ...I like to keep it pure: no cardamon, just coffee and water!
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Camelia said
to t_coffee.. So it is ...to t_coffee..
So it is obvious that we don't drink gahwah in the same house,, Next time ask your friends before saying never.
stealth said
are you talking about the ...are you talking about the turkish coffee or the Kahwa. in kahwa no coffee mate is added, in the turkish there is a possibility.
ummsumaya said
update on receipe ...Ok so I've tried my above mentioned receipe and found the coffee to have a bitter after taste. The "latest" receipe involves placing bit of rainbow milk and saffron threads (or saffron colour) in a kettle and adding water (usually already hot from the kettle) until it boils. then placing 1 1/2 kahwa cups of kahwa and letting it boil for 5 minutes. Once the kahwa settles (a couple of minutes) this is then pour into a thermos that has 2 teaspoons of cardamom in it.
The taste in great!! No bitter after taste - apparently that was happening because I was boiling the kahwa for too long!
About the coffee mate / rainbow milk issue. I don't think all the qatari's add it to the kahwa - but it results in lightening the colour of the kahwa which is nice.
diamond said
I never ever put milk in ...I never ever put milk in kahwa. I don't know anyone who does that.
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t_coffee_or_me said
Me too never heard of any ...Me too never heard of any Qatari adding milk to Kahwa.
Shaktimaan said
Tcm ...Probably they have never seen kahwa and just bluffing. You are right.
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nomerci said
Isn't there a difference ...Isn't there a difference between Turkish coffee (as per recipe above) and Gahwa? From what I understand, Gahwa is made with green coffee beans. What I have been served as Gahwa (Qatari coffee) tastes very different from Turkish coffee .
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Shaktimaan said
Nomerci ...It is different. Turkish coffee is that blackish one which comes with a special small kettle to prepare it. Normally it is a middle east stuff. While gahwa is like a tea kind and the advantage of it is for digestion. You can get this in katara. qatari offer them from free.
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ummsumaya said
?green coffee beans ...Is the Qatari Kahwa made with green coffee beans?
Just on a different note have you heard about the craze of green coffee beans and how they are the latest in losing weight? Apparently there was a study done where people took 2 tablets of green coffee bean extract about 1/2 hour before eating and lost 10kg in a month!! (without changing their diet or exercising)
It's on Dr Oz! Don't know to believe or not!
Anyone had any experience?
lanin_13 said
I didn't try for it yet.... ...I didn't try for it yet....
Camelia said
The same coffee beans are ...The same coffee beans are used for all coffees,, it is just the way they are roasted. Very lightly roasted for arabic qahwa and much more for turkish coffee.
A tea spoon of coffee mate is added to the dallah ( thermos) not to each cup, as some people might be thinking. But again, each family has their way of making qahwah, some like it stronger, some like it with more cardamom, more or no saffran,,
Super Cool said
Arabic coffee existed for ...Arabic coffee existed for centuries, so coffee mate, which was invented in the 60s and made it to Qatar prolly 20 years ago cannot be an ingredient in it.
Plus as a Qatari myself….I have NEVER EVER EVERRRRRR heard of coffee mate being added to Arabic coffee!!!
mohdkhan007 said
Corect ingredients of kahwa ...6 cups of water
half teaspoon dry ginger powder
1 pinch of saffaron threads
half teaspoon cardamom
2 teaspoons of coffee powder
Mix all the ingredients and put them in a flask.Then boil the water for 5 mins and then pour this boiling water in the flask
KAHWA is ready!!
ummsumaya said
thanks mohdkhan007 ...Thankyou for posting the ingredients for your version of kahwa.
I've now also been adding 1/2 teaspoon of mixed kahwa spices in the thermos that gives it a nice flavour.
Any other receipes?