64 STiR tea & coffee industry international
DUBAI, UAE – Coffee originated in the
Middle East and inspired paintings and
tapestries and legends featuring centu-
ries-old brass urns, braziers and artifacts.
Imagine the delight when visiting cof-
fee lovers are invited to hold the original
silver and brass urns, utensils, grinders
and ornate cups in hand.
Khalid Al Mulla, director of Eastern-
men & Co., envisioned an innovative,
dynamic, interactive setting to share his
collection of coffee accessories from ev-
ery culture and spanning centuries. His
dream to create a coffee museum within
the narrow streets of the old city in Dubai
is realized this month.
Displays are richly authentic with
costumed staff to explain the history and
various methods of coffee making from
the earliest Ibrik to the modern Japanese
Syphon.
A centerpiece is a magnificent silver
Egyptian charcoal fired burner that greets
visitors entering the main floor.
"By the late 15th century and early
16th century, coffee had spread to Cairo.
There charcoal headed a bed of sand.
New museum celebrates Bedouin coffee
culture online and in old town Dubai
Coffee Museum
By Dan Bolton