{"id":34460,"date":"2018-12-27T03:58:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T10:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/?p=34460"},"modified":"2018-05-06T11:03:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T17:03:33","slug":"pic-of-the-week-december-28-2018-the-coffee-museum-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/pic-of-the-week-december-28-2018-the-coffee-museum-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pic of the Week”, December 28, 2018: The Coffee Museum, Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Al Fahidi Historic District is one of the few surviving older neighborhoods within Dubai.  It’s quite a charming area which has been refurbished and modernized, and contains a variety of shops, cafes and some small museums.<\/p>\n

One of the museums is dedicated to coffee.  It’s a small privately owned museum that displays the owner’s private collection, including historic items related to coffee making and drinking, such as old coffee grinders, pots, roasters and other coffee-related memorabilia.   Some of the items reflect the history of coffee consumption around the world.  There’s a small library with books based on coffee dating back as far as the 18th century.  And there are some Emirati-style majlis (sitting rooms) also on display.<\/p>\n

Coffee is an integral part of many cultures, including Arabic traditions of hospitality.  Upstairs there is caf\u00e9 that brews a robust (a.k.a. strong) cup of coffee, a reading room, and children’s play area.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the items on display in the Coffee Museum:<\/p>\n

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