The tumbler and the dabarah
The tumbler is the cup. The dabarah is the wide-lipped bowl it sits in. Pouring between them cools the coffee and builds the froth.
Metal conducts heat quickly, which is exactly the problem and exactly the solution. Coffee poured hot into a metal tumbler is far too hot to drink, and the tumbler itself becomes too hot to hold comfortably.
What the pour does
- It cools. Each pour exposes the coffee to air across a long thin stream.
- It froths. Air is worked into the milk, producing the thick pale head.
- It mixes. Decoction, milk and sugar are combined properly rather than stirred.
The dabarah also serves the drinking: once the coffee has cooled enough, it can be drunk straight from the wide bowl or poured back into the tumbler.
The height of the pour is not showmanship. It is how the coffee gets cool enough and frothy enough to drink.
From the shop
Our coffees, 80:20 with chicory
Ground and packed fresh, only after you order.
