The Tea Menu · قائمة الشاي
Hot Teas
Every tea is brewed individually, to order. We don't keep anything sitting. You will wait a few minutes. It will be worth it.
Ritual & Cold
Qahwa is served in the traditional manner. Cold drinks are made fresh. Nothing comes from a bottle.
Light Food · الطعام الخفيف
Medjool dates from El-Fayoum, served with a small pot of sesame tahini. The classic pairing with qahwa. Three pieces per serving.
Sesame-crusted ring biscuits, baked in-house each morning. Lightly sweet, not too much. Good for dipping into tea. Two per serving.
Small fried pastries with white cheese and a pinch of nigella seed. Served warm. Three per serving. Available until they run out.
Two pieces, made to a Damascene recipe. Pistachio. Honey syrup. Not too sweet — the good kind. Changes with the season.
The Somali halwa. Dense, glossy, and deeply fragrant, made from sugar, ghee, and cornstarch, cooked slowly with cardamom and a thread of rosewater. Sweet but not cloying. The traditional companion to shaah. One piece per serving. Made in small batches; ask if available.
Somali shortbread biscuits, dense and crumbly, spiced with cardamom and shaped by hand. Baked in small rounds and best broken apart over a glass of shaah. Two per serving.
Ready to sit down.
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