Qishr /kish-er/
Yemen's original coffee, brewed from the dried husks of the coffee cherry rather than the bean. Spiced with ginger and cardamom, served hot. If you've only had coffee from the bean, qishr is the half of the plant you've never tasted.
Yemeni coffee · Addison, TX · Est. 2026
Arwa Yemeni Coffee, now on Belt Line.
Five minutes off the Belt Line restaurant strip you sit with a glass of qishr in front of you — coffee's original drink, brewed the way Faris Almatrahi's family in Yemen has done it for generations.
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Arwa cafes operating · 30 in development
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From the Haraz mountains — to Belt Line Road
Coffee was cultivated in Yemen four hundred years before anywhere else.
Yemeni farmers worked the terraced highlands south of Sana'a since the 1400s. The port of Mocha — the source of the word — held the world's coffee trade for two centuries before Dutch traders carried seedlings out and broke the monopoly. The beans Arwa pours in Addison come from the same mountains.
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Freshly Roasted
A uniquely formulated roasting profile, executed by in-house roasters one batch at a time.
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Meticulously Selected
Beans chosen from specific farms in the high-terraced mountains of the Haraz region of Yemen.
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Uniquely Flavored
The cultivation style and elevation produce a cup that reads fruity, floral, and chocolatey.
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Naturally Processed
The beans are sun-dried and cultivated the original way — the method that's been used in Yemen for centuries.
Three drinks · what to order first
Older than your usual coffee.
The Arwa menu is longer than this. These three are the ones you order first — the drinks Faris named in every press piece written about Arwa since 2023, and the drinks that bring people back into your week, week after week.
Adeni tea /ah-deh-nee/
Black tea steeped with milk, cardamom, and clove, named for Aden, Yemen's southern port. The drink the Mocha traders drank before, during, and after a sale. You'll taste what closing a bargain by the sea was supposed to feel like.
Spiced honey latte
Espresso pulled at Arwa's bar, layered with steamed milk, honey, and the spice blend the family brings in directly. Each cup gets a camel stencil dusted across the foam in the spices. You'll see them do it. That's part of the order.
What customers tell us
“Arwa is a third space for so many. It's a home away from home.”
Arwa has been written up by Texas Monthly, D Magazine, Texas Highways, Dallas Observer, and NBC since 2023. The story we keep telling, in our own room: hospitality is the point. Coffee is how we get there.
Visit
Belt Line Road, Addison.
3725 Belt Line Rd
Addison, TX 75001
Hours vary — check Google for today's hours before you drive over.
The Arwa storefront uniform — cream stucco, bronze awnings, white tables under beige umbrellas. The Addison cafe at 3725 Belt Line keeps the same uniform.
Before you go
A few things to know before you drive over.
What is Yemeni coffee?
Coffee that came from Ethiopia, was first cultivated in Yemen in the 1400s, and traded out of the port of Mocha — the source of the word "mocha" — for the next two centuries. Yemeni preparations include qishr (the husk-side of the cherry, brewed with spice) and bean coffee roasted lighter than American defaults. Arwa serves both, and a few minutes in your seat will teach you the difference.
What is qishr?
A traditional Yemeni drink made from dried coffee-cherry husks, steeped with ginger and cardamom. It's the part of the coffee fruit most Americans have never tasted. Hot, lightly caffeinated, closer in body to a spiced tea than to bean coffee. If you only try one thing on your first visit, try this.
Where is Arwa Addison?
3725 Belt Line Rd, Addison TX 75001 — five minutes off Dallas North Tollway, in the Belt Line restaurant corridor. The Addison cafe is one of eleven Arwa locations operating across the U.S. as of 2026, with thirty more in development. You'll find parking on the strip-mall side; the patio sits on the south face of the building.
Is Arwa kid-friendly?
Yes. Arwa's Texas locations are family cafes — qishr and Adeni tea are caffeine-light enough for older kids, the spice register is warm rather than hot, and the seating is built for groups. Your morning at Arwa is supposed to feel like Yemeni hospitality, which is family-shaped by default.