Escape Detroit and fill up on the finest qahwa (coffee), shawarma, and baklava.
At Qahwah House in Dearborn, the Arab world meets the West. At one table, a group of young women talk a mile a minute over pots of tea. Solo customers vie for space at the sleek counter bar, where baristas work over Chemex coffee makers and induction burners. The milk steamer on the espresso machine is hissing nonstop as customer after customer, including myself, order the popular Yemeni Latte, a spin on the espresso drink with a Yemeni twist—coffee husks and cardamom.
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