Zanzibar coffee (kahawa)
Strong black coffee boiled with cardamom and ginger
Kahawa is the strong, spiced black coffee poured from brass pots on the streets of Stone Town: freshly ground coffee boiled with cardamom pods and finished with ginger and ground cardamom. It's bitter-sweet and aromatic. Serve hot in small kahawa cups.
- Total time
- 22 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Boil 6 ¼ cups water with 6 cardamom pods for 10 minutes.
10 minStep 2: Add 6 tsp coffee and boil for another 5 minutes.
5 minStep 3: Add 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground cardamom and 5 tsp sugar and boil for 5 minutes.
5 minStep 4: Let the grounds settle for a minute, then pour and serve hot in kahawa cups.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 12 kcal
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 3 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does zanzibar coffee (kahawa) take?
- About 22 minutes in total: 2 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of ground ginger?
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger per ¼ tsp ground.
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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