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Arabic Coffee

Name: Arabic Coffee
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 4 tbsp Extra-Fine Ground Coffee; 300ml Water; 1 tsp Cardamom (ground or whole); To taste Sugar (optional)

Dessert

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Finely ground coffee scented with cardamom, served in tiny cups — the essence of Lebanese hospitality.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In Lebanon and across the Middle East, serving Arabic coffee to guests is a long-standing custom. Extra-fine coffee is boiled with water in a small long-handled pot called a rakweh and scented with cardamom. It's poured into tiny cups and traditionally drunk without sugar, and some still read fortunes in the grounds left at the bottom.

🌆 Where it's eaten: When guests arrive at a Beirut home, the first thing they're offered is Arabic coffee in tiny cups.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Extra-Fine Ground Coffee 4 tbsp
Water 300ml
Cardamom (ground or whole) 1 tsp
Sugar (optional) To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put water in a rakweh (or small saucepan) over the heat.
When it boils, add the coffee and cardamom and stir well.
Lower the heat, and when the foam rises, take it off the heat.
Let it settle, return to low heat, and remove again when the foam rises (repeat 2–3 times).
Pour gently into small cups and wait for the grounds to settle before drinking.

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