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THOSE IN NEED OF A COFFEE FIX.
THERE IS A COFFEE SHOP THAT HAS
EXPANDED FROM ITS INITIAL
DEARBORN SITE TO INCLUDE A
LOCATION IN WARREN WITH ALSO A
NEW LOCATION ON THE WAYNE STATE
CAMPUS SOON TO FOLLOW ITS CALLED
HARRAH’S COFFEEHOUSE, AND IT IS
A LUXURY YEMENI COFFEE SHOP AND
HERE TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE
BUSINESS IS THE OWNER AND
FOUNDER. HAMZA NASSER. HEY THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU
GUYS FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. OKAY
SO FIRST OF ALL, THE COFFEE
SMELLS INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS,
FRAGRANT AND BEAUTIFUL. BUT
DESCRIBE FOR US, UH, YOUR COFFEE
HOUSE, INCLUDING HOW AND WHY YOU
GOT THE IDEA TO OPEN IT? SO I
HAVE TO TRAVEL TO YEMEN AND, YOU
KNOW, SEEING THE TRADITIONAL
METHODS OF HOW THEY MAKE COFFEE
DIFFERENT THAN HERE, WHICH IS
JUST, YOU KNOW, BREWING COFFEE,
YOU KNOW, OVER HERE, BATCH
BREWING. SO OVER THERE THEY YOU
KNOW THEY THEY USE THESE KIND OF
METHODS TO MAKE COFFEE, WHICH IS
THE BOIL. YOU KNOW THE T, WHICH
IS I’M GONNA DEMONSTRATE OVER
HERE FOR YOU GUYS. UM SO THIS IS
OUR YOU KNOW, THEY BOIL EVERY
EVERY COFFEE. HIS BOILED. SO
WHAT’S THAT? JUST PUTTING IN
THERE RIGHT NOW? SO THIS IS OUR
I DIDN’T TRY. IT’S THE MOST
POPULAR DRINK WE HAVE OVER THERE
. UM YOU KNOW, WE LET IT BOIL
FOR UNTIL TURNS LOAD OF ORANGE
OVER HERE. WE HAVE YEAH. YEAH WE
DO HAVE A IT’S MY CONCEALER
COMING. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
THESE, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS
SOMETIMES HERE AND THERE. THAT’S
THE FUN PART OF IT. THAT MAKES
IT FEEL MORE TRADITIONAL, WHICH
I LOVE. MORE AUTHENTIC,
AUTHENTIC, EXACTLY MORE
AUTHENTIC INDEED, WHAT
DISTINGUISHES YOUR COFFEE FROM
OTHER COPIES, SO THE METHODS
THAT WE USE ARE THE SAME METHODS
THEY USED FOR. THOUSANDS OF
YEARS. COFFEES YOU KNOW, IT’S
VERY OLD, IT’S YOU KNOW, OVER
2000 YEARS WOW! FIRST DISCOVERED
IN HARRAH’S IN YEMEN AND WHERE
THE WORD MOCHA COMES FROM IS THE
PORTS OF MOCHA IN YEMEN, WHERE
THEY SHIPPED OUT THERE KNOW THAT
THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY THAT
WILL SAY THAT COFFEE WAS
DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA. I MEAN,
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
NEIGHBORS LITTLE THERE ARE
NEIGHBORS, LITTLE COFFEE BEEF
THERE, BUT THAT’S OKAY. COFFEE,
BEEF COFFEE, SO YOU BOIL IT, AND
THEN WE WANTED TO LOOK A LITTLE
ORANGE LIKE IT’S TURNING. NOW
THAT’S THAT’S THE COLOR THAT WE
WANT TO GET IT TO. AND YOU KNOW,
THIS IS HOW WE SERVICE OUR
CUSTOMERS. WE DO POUR IT AND YOU
KNOW OUR GLASS POP THAT’S
FILTERING IT, AND THAT’S
FALTERING IT GETTING ALL THE
GROUNDS NOW. WHAT ABOUT THIS
HERE? THIS YOU HAVE A SEPARATE
PART WITH A HANDLE ON IT. THAT’S
MUCH DARKER THAN THAT. WHAT IS
THAT? THAT’S A TURKISH STYLE
COFFEE. THE COFFEE IS FROM
YEMEN. BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT
STYLES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE. WE DO
HAVE YEMENI STYLE TURKISH SAUDI
. UH, EVEN AMERICAN. YOU KNOW,
WE DO HAVE OUR ICE. UH KIM AND
MIKE ARE OVER HERE, WHICH IS ONE
OF OUR MOST POPULAR DRINK RIGHT
HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TRY
THIS RIGHT NOW? YEAH GO FOR IT.
YOU DO THAT, AND THEN TELL US
HOW THAT IS. BUT LOOK HOW
BEAUTIFUL THE COLOR IS ON THIS.
SO LET’S GET A SHOT OF THAT. AND
NOW THAT WAS MADE WITH MILK,
RIGHT? WE DO PUT CREAM. ALL OF
OUR COFFEE IS ORGANIC. WE DO
BRING IT DIRECTLY FROM OUR
FARMERS. IN YEMEN. COFFEE IS SUN
DRIED. UM NO PESTICIDES. NOTHING
AND WE DO HAVE A DECAF. WHICH IS
THE COFFEE HUSKS, YOU KNOW? NO
NOBODY REALLY USES COFFEE HUSKS
, EXCEPT FOR US BECAUSE IT’S
ORGANICALLY DRIED. AND UH, THAT
WE HAVE OUR PASTRIES OVER HERE.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PASTRIES
BECAUSE THESE LOOK BEAUTIFUL. SO
THIS IS A SAFFRON CAKE. SAFFRON
IS VERY POPULAR IN THE MIDDLE
EAST. UM WE BRING IT DIRECTLY,
YOU KNOW, FROM OUR UH,
WHOLESALERS AND OVERSEAS IN
DUBAI AND OVER HERE WE HAVE THE
ROSE MILK CAKE. AND THIS IS OUR
ESPRESSO CHEESECAKE. OUR MOST
POPULAR, SHE SAID. WE DO HAVE A
LOT OF VARIETY OF PASTRIES, BUT
I BROUGHT YOU KNOW THREE TODAY
SPECIAL CHEESECAKE IS MADE WITH
ONE SHOT OF OUR SPECIAL FROM OUR
COFFEE. OKAY OKAY, AND HOW
BEAUTIFUL THESE, SAID ROSE MILK
MADE WITH ROSES. OKAY THAT
SOUNDS DELICIOUS. HOW YOU DOING
? HE’S ENJOYING THE COFFEE. HE’S
THEM. I’M SAMPLING CAUSE I
HAVEN’T HAD REMEMBER. HE HASN’T
HAD COFFEE IN A LONG TIME. NOT
LIKE I USED TO DRINK LIKE SIX
CUPS A DAY, AND I DON’T ANYMORE.
SO NOW I’M GOING TO PUT YOU ON
THE SPOT A LITTLE BIT, NOT YOU
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU. OKAY WHICH
ONE? DO YOU LIKE THIS ONE STRONG
FOR YOU. ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE.
MY FAVORITE HONESTLY IS THE
YEMENI STYLE BLACK COFFEE SO WE
HAVE YOU KNOW WE HAVE THAT IT
DOES COME ARE WE DO PUT YOU KNOW
A CARDAMOM, GINGER, CINNAMON AND
ARE LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT DRINKS.
I DID BRING IT A LITTLE BIT OF
THE SPICES THAT WE USE. WE USE A
LOT MORE SPICES. SO SOME OF
THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE
GINGER. SO IF YOU HAVE A COLD
ZACH YOU OUT THAT WILL YOU KNOW?
WE CALL IT THE VACCINE COFFEE
LIKE IT. ANYTHING WITH GINGER?
ANYTHING WELL, SPICED KIND OF
JUST WARMS YOU UP AND MAKES YOU
FEEL REALLY GOOD. REMIND
EVERYONE OF YOUR LOCATIONS AND
THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT SO WE HAVE OUR
FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN DEARBORN,
MICHIGAN, AND WE JUST OPEN OUR
AND WE DO. WE ARE LUXURY BRAND
OF THE YEMENI COFFEE SPECIALTY.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE C A. AND
OUR NEW LOCATION, JUST OPEN AND
WARREN CITY ON 14 AND RYAN AND
WE HAVE TWO MORE LOCATIONS OPEN
IN DETROIT, ONE IN THE CAMPUS
AND WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS. AND WHEN I CAN FEEL JUST
IN FRONT OF THE DMC HOSPITAL FOR
ALL THOSE, UH, HARDWORKING.
MEDICAL WORKERS, MEDICAL WORKERS
AND STUDENTS. PEOPLE WHO NEED A
LOT OF COFFEE. YES PERFECT
LOCATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY. WE
APPRECIATE YOU HOW YOU FEELING?
HAVEN’T HAD CAFFEINE IN A LONG