Made by
Hafiza Bano
Kahwa blender and forager · Rainawari, Srinagar, Kashmir · 19 years
Blends kahwa in 8 kg batches and walks the Pir Panjal slopes for morels each spring.
Kahwa Blend
Green tea, green cardamom, cinnamon bark and saffron threads, blended in small batches in Srinagar.
₹1,250120 g
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This harvest
Kahwa is an everyday drink in Kashmir, not a ceremony. Ours is blended in 8 kg batches: whole-leaf green tea, green cardamom crushed at blending, a short piece of cinnamon bark and saffron from the same lot as our tins. Brewed at 80°C for three minutes, with slivered almonds if you have them.
Hafiza blends our kahwa by hand: whole-leaf green tea, cardamom crushed at the moment of blending, cinnamon bark broken rather than ground, and saffron from the same lot as our tins. In April and May she is on the Pir Panjal slopes instead, walking for morels, which cannot be farmed at any useful scale and so are simply found or not found.
What's inside
- Weight
- 120 g
- Lot record
- Issued when the lot is made
- Packed in
- Lacquered steel tin, light-tight
Care & use
Keep the tin closed, dry and away from direct light. Steep a small pinch — ten to fifteen threads is enough for four servings — in two tablespoons of warm milk or water for twenty minutes before adding it to the dish, so the colour and flavour release fully. Good saffron does not need to be crushed to powder.