{
  "id": 11099859,
  "title": "International Coffee Day: Abu Dhabi’s baristas share the stories, craft and culture behind your daily coffee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/international-coffee-day-abu-dhabis-baristas-share-the-stories-craft",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:05:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/abu-dhabi/international-coffee-day-abu-dhabis-baristas-share-the-stories-craft-and-culture-behind-your-daily-coffee-1.500694018"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "International Coffee Day celebrates the stories, craft and culture behind our daily coffee. In Abu Dhabi, four baristas share their experiences and perspectives on the job. Judah Vibar, 29, used to be a tea drinker but discovered coffee after learning he could make it like tea using the V60 pour-over method. He moved to Abu Dhabi five months ago and now works at Twenty Three Five Specialty Coffee, where he introduces Filipino-inspired Turon latte to locals. Muhammad Musamil Khan, 26, was an accounting student who picked up café shifts in Pakistan to pay tuition. Specialty coffee fascinated him, and he followed the industry to Abu Dhabi, where he now works at LMTD in Marsa Al Bateen. Mustafa Khalifa, 36, from Egypt, came to the UAE to pursue his dream of traveling, and coffee became his reason to stay. He now works at H's Coffee & Bakery, where he enjoys the contact with customers and the craft of creating latte art. Robert G. Fuasa, 38, can create latte art resembling seahorses and credits the UAE's high-quality coffee beans and training for his success.",
  "summary": "Abu Dhabi: We love coffee. We post it, rank it, queue for it and plan our mornings around it. But between the bean and the first sip stands a person, someone who chose coffee, chased it across borders, and still lights up when you take that first sip. On this International Coffee Day, Gulf News spoke to four baristas across Abu Dhabi about how they got here, what they love about the job, and what…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}