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Gahwa with dates is a signature dish of United Arab Emirates; we have verified places to eat it in Abu Dhabi. Gahwa is Emirati Arabic coffee, lightly roasted and spiced with cardamom and saffron, poured from a dallah into small cups and served with dates as a welcome. Start with where to eat Gahwa with dates in Abu Dhabi.
Gahwa is Emirati Arabic coffee, lightly roasted and spiced with cardamom and saffron, poured from a dallah into small cups and served with dates as a welcome.
Arabic coffee, qahwa in Arabic and gahwa in the Emirati dialect, is brewed in a dallah and served in small cups, almost always with dates, as a gesture of hospitality. In the Gulf, qahwa khaleeji is light roasted and takes a bright yellow colour from heavy use of saffron and cardamom. The UAE, with Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar, had the tradition inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2015. At Qasr Al Hosn, Bait Al Gahwa shows each stage from roasting to serving, and Abu Dhabi Dates Market vendors hand out dates and coffee to sample.
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