Understanding Emirati Culture: Coffee
Summary
TLDRThe Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding promotes open dialogue with their 'Open Doors, Open Minds' philosophy, encouraging guests to ask any questions about UAE culture. Visitors are welcomed with Arabic coffee, which contains cardamom, rose water, and saffron, and are taught the traditional gestures for accepting or declining more coffee. The history of coffee is traced from its origins in Ethiopia to its popularization in Yemen. The session ends with an invitation to follow the center on social media for further inquiries.
Takeaways
- 🌐 The Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding promotes open dialogue and learning about the culture and experiences of the United Arab Emirates.
- 🍵 The center offers guests Arabian 'Kapwa' coffee, which is an important part of Emirati hospitality.
- 📜 The script mentions three main ingredients in the Arabic coffee: cardamom, rose water, and Zafra.
- 🤔 To request more coffee, guests are instructed to extend their cup, signaling a desire for more.
- 🚫 To decline further coffee, a slight shake of the cup is used to indicate that they have had enough.
- 🔍 The script explains that the silent servant, traditionally a deaf person, was used to ensure conversations remained private.
- 📝 The history of coffee is traced back to Ethiopia, where animals were observed eating coffee beans and becoming energized.
- 🔥 In Yemen, coffee was discovered to be useful and the process of crushing, roasting, and blending with water was developed.
- 📍 The term 'mocha', now commonly used in coffee shops like Starbucks and Costa, originates from the Yemeni port of Al-Mokha.
- 💬 The session concludes with an invitation for further questions and engagement through the center's social media platforms.
- 🙏 The speaker expresses gratitude to the audience for attending and participating in the cultural understanding session.
Q & A
What is the signature slogan of Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding?
-The signature slogan is 'open doors open minds', emphasizing the importance of asking questions to learn and understand more about the culture and experiences of the country.
What does the center offer to its guests as a traditional welcome?
-The center offers its guests Arabic kapwa, which is Arabic coffee, along with dates as a traditional welcome.
What are the three main ingredients in the Arabic coffee served at the center?
-The three main ingredients in the Arabic coffee are cardamom, rose water, and Zafra.
What is the significance of the postures and gestures used while serving coffee?
-The postures and gestures are used to communicate silently with the server. Extending the cup indicates a desire for more coffee, while shaking it means you have had enough.
How did the tradition of using silent servants originate?
-The tradition originated to ensure that important conversations during coffee service did not leave the house or room. Silent servants, often deaf, would not be able to repeat what they heard.
Where was coffee originally discovered and what was the initial reaction to it?
-Coffee was originally discovered in Ethiopia. The initial reaction was curiosity, as animals eating the coffee beans became energized, prompting humans to explore its uses.
How did coffee evolve from its discovery in Ethiopia to a beverage?
-After its discovery in Ethiopia, coffee was rediscovered and developed into a beverage in Yemen. People there started crushing the beans, roasting them, and blending them with water to create the final coffee drink.
What is the significance of the term 'mocha' in modern coffee culture?
-The term 'mocha' comes from the area Maha in Yemen where coffee was developed into a beverage. Today, it is used in the names of various coffee drinks like mocha cafe and mocha frappuccino in well-known coffee shops.
How can one follow Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding for more information or questions?
-You can follow the center on its social media platforms, where you can post your questions and hopefully receive answers.
What is the historical connection between the coffee served at the center and the term 'mocha'?
-The historical connection is that the coffee served at the center, which includes ingredients like cardamom, rose water, and Zafra, has its roots in Yemen, where the term 'mocha' originated from the area Maha.
What is the cultural significance of the coffee-drinking gesture of extending the cup?
-The gesture of extending the cup is a non-verbal way of communicating to the server that you would like more coffee, showcasing the importance of body language in hospitality and service.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding
The script begins with a warm welcome to the Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding, emphasizing the open-door and open-mind policy that encourages visitors to ask questions freely. The center aims to foster learning and understanding about the local culture and experiences. The introduction highlights the first activity offered to guests, which is the serving of traditional Arabic coffee, known as 'kapwa', accompanied by dates. The coffee is made with three main ingredients: cardamom, rose water, and Zafra. The script also explains the traditional postures and gestures used when serving coffee, such as extending the cup to request more or shaking it to indicate satisfaction. It mentions the historical practice of using silent servants, who were deaf, to ensure conversations remained private. The script concludes with a brief history of coffee, tracing its origins to Ethiopia and its discovery and development in Yemen, leading to the creation of 'mocha', a term now widely recognized in coffee shops around the world. The session ends with an invitation for further questions and engagement through social media, and a thank you note to the visitors.
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Keywords
💡Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding
💡Arabic kapwa
💡Dates
💡Cardamom
💡Rose water
💡Zafra
💡Postures and gestures
💡Silent servant
💡Ethiopia
💡Yemen
💡Mocha
Highlights
Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding offers an open environment for learning about culture and experiences.
The center's signature is 'open doors open minds', encouraging guests to ask any questions to learn more about the culture.
Arabic kapwa, a traditional coffee, is offered to guests as a welcoming gesture.
Dates are served alongside the Arabic coffee, emphasizing the traditional hospitality.
Three main ingredients in the Arabic coffee are cardamom, rose water, and Zafra.
Gestures are used to communicate the desire for more coffee or to decline it, showcasing non-verbal communication in the culture.
Extending the cup is a gesture to indicate a desire for more coffee.
Shaking the cup slightly is a polite way to decline more coffee.
Historically, deaf people were employed as 'silent servants' to ensure conversations remained private.
The coffee culture has a rich history, with its origins traced back to Ethiopia.
In Ethiopia, animals consuming coffee led humans to discover its energizing effects.
Yemen is credited with the discovery and utilization of coffee beans, leading to the creation of coffee as we know it.
The term 'mocha' is derived from the place Maha in Yemen, now a common term in coffee shops worldwide.
The session concludes with an invitation for further questions and engagement on social media.
The Sheikh Mohammed Center for Culture Understanding (SMCC) encourages guests to follow them on social media for more interaction.
A final thank you is extended to the guests for their visit, emphasizing the center's hospitality.
Transcripts
welcome to Sheikh Mohammed center for
culture understanding our signature is
open doors open minds what we mean
behind that is you can simply ask any
questions at all hopefully by you guys
asking questions we get to learn and we
get to know more experience and culture
about our country now the very first
thing that we do we offer our guests the
Arabic kapwa which is the Arabic coffee
now alongside we offer also the dates so
we do have three main ingredients in our
coffee the coffee will have cardamom
rose water and Zafra now we do also use
some postures and gestures so you could
have something important and you don't
want it to get interrupted so if you
wish to have some more coffee you simply
extend the cup by extending the cup this
means I'm willing to have some more
coffee now if you had enough coffee and
you're not willing to have any more you
simply give it a slight shake so shaking
it means take it if you told him please
I had enough I no longer want that he's
gonna again put it for you till the next
day right so the way to tell him is by
giving it a slight shake all the things
they used to hire deaf people so the
silent servant will be deaf in regards
of having the whole conversation not to
go outside the hug the house or the room
but nowadays as I said he cut perfectly
here we do have also an old history the
coffee was originated and it was firstly
found in Ethiopia they didn't actually
know what to do with it the animals
started to eat the coffee and then be
energized in a way so the humans were
like he what should we do with this they
didn't quite know what to do it and then
it was found again and discovered in
Yemen in Yemen they actually knew what
to do with it they started crushing the
coffee beans roasting it on fire and
finally blending it with with water and
they came up with the final coffee in a
place called
remember this name nowadays if you go to
Starbucks if you go to Costa all the
well-known coffee shops it's switched
into mocha so nowadays you will hear
mocha cafe mocha frappuccino it's
because of the area that's called maha
reached end of our session if you have
any further questions you can follow us
at SMCC you we have all the social media
you can post your questions and
hopefully we will answer them or any
other than that I would like to thank
you again for visiting us thank you very
much thank you
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