est. Dubai — a coffee field guide

Field notes on flavour.

A roastery and slow-bar in Alserkal Avenue. We taste, weigh, and scribble down everything worth knowing about a coffee — so every cup you order comes with a story already written.

Today's pour

Sidama Natural, Ethiopia

Batch Brew · blueberry · strawberry jam · cane sugar

brewing since 7:00amAED 18
why we bother

We keep field notes.

Coffee is agriculture that behaves like memory. A washed Yirgacheffe smells of the morning it was picked; a natural Sidama tastes of the beds it dried on. Most of that story is lost between the farm and your cup — so we started writing it down.

Every origin that comes through our door is cupped, scored, and annotated before it is allowed on the shelf. We note the altitude, the process, the roast curve, and the one thing that made the table go quiet. Then we hand you the short version, warm, in a cup.

we cup every bag before it earns a shelf

ask what's on the V60 — it changes weekly

no syrups on the bar. the bean is sweet enough

a taste of the ledger

House inventions

  • The Cardamom Cortado

    green cardamom + orange peel — an Emirati morning

    AED 26
  • Date & Tahini Latte

    dessert that behaves like coffee

    AED 28
  • Rose Cascara Fizz

    coffee-cherry soda, caffeine-light, bright pink

    AED 25
  • Saffron & Honey Oat

    saffron bloomed in warm oat milk

    AED 30
A slow pour over a V60 dripper
the 8am ritual — slow, unhurried
Freshly roasted beans cooling in the drum
Tuesday's roast, still warm
from green to brown

We roast in small batches

Twice a week, twelve kilos at a time, on a vintage Probat. Every bag is dated by hand so you always know exactly how young — or how rested — your coffee is.

come and sit with us

Warehouse 12, Alserkal Avenue — Al Quoz, Dubai

Open daily, 7:00am until 9:00pm. No booking needed for a stool at the bar; reserve a table for four or more.