Locally roasted beans:
Coffee Planet strives to produce 100 per cent Arabica coffee roasted locally in Dubai. It took years of expertise to find the right people, equipment and green coffee beans to create perfectly roasted beans for your morning sips. From fantastic blends to single origin, there’s a bean to suit every palate – and who doesn’t love to shop locally?
Coffee Planet coffee can be found in such markets as Lulus and Souq Planet.
Organic beans:
A fantastic selection of organic coffee beans can be found at Organics Café in the Nation Galleria Mall. They carry everything from organic whole beans to chlorine-free coffee filters, to coffee granules for the lazier coffee lovers.
Organic Foods and Café, Nation Galleria Mall, Nation Towers (02 616 6999).
Beans that won’t break the bank:
Lulus Hypermarket in Mushrif mall has an amazing array of coffee blends and they’re not that inexpensive. The Ethiopian Sidamo and Java Estate come highly recommended and are worth a try if you are looking for new beans in a convenient setting. These two blends are sold at Dhs99 per kilo.
Lulus Hypermarket Roastery, Mushrif Mall, Mushrif (02 690 4422).
Brewers:
Jones the Grocer and Leopolds of London sell a range of fine brewing machines from the Chemex to the simple pour-over, to the manual one-shot, and even a small version of the enormous Kyoto drip machine.
Jones:
The pour-over Dhs154
The Chemex Dhs292
Hario V60 filters Dhs49 (for 100)
Leopolds:
The Syphon Dhs950
The Chemex (sm) Dhs695, Dhs750 (lg)
The manual one-shot Dhs2500
The Kyoto drip machine (sm) Dhs2500
TOAD’s coffee pilgrimage was made possible by Careem taxis in Abu Dhabi, email info@careem.com or call (04 440 5222).
