International Coffee Day Offers
■ Let good times brew at Le Meridien Dubai with coffee aficionados welcomed with coffee, eclairs and flowers between 4-6pm. Flower workshop hosted by Bliss Flower Boutique, take a break with the free selection of signature flavoured eclairs, a steaming cuppa and have your portrait painted by coffee illustrator and artist, Hatty Pedder. The expert baristas will also be turning a regular cuppa coffee into art. Call 04-2170000.
■ Park House are giving away free coffee, drop by the beachside diner any time from 7am to 9pm and grab a free coffee to go or for dine-in, at Nessnass Beach, Jumeirah 3 (behind Sunset Mall). Call 04-2541565.
■ Latitude in patnership with Italian brand, Illycaffe is offering premium bottomless coffee and free wifi. Priced at Dh28 for bottomless coffee or Dh40 for bottomless coffee and a pastry (pictured above). At Le Meridien Mina Seyahi. Call 04-3993333.
■ Ultra Brasserie is taking caffi-nity levels up a notch with their celebratory offer – coffee roasts will be available for Dh1 at both the Ultra venues located in Marina Plaza and Emaar Square Downtown. ultra.ae
■ Flow in Jumeirah Emirates Towers has teamed up with artisanal coffee roasters Nightjar Coffee. The collaboration will see Antony Papandreou, Nightjar’s head of coffee along with his head barista, host a masterclass (6pm) where guests will discover different brewing and production processes, with the first 15 attendees enjoying free tastings of several different coffee types. Also, the first 100 coffees sold today will be handed out free. Call 04-3198767.
■ The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development is also celebrating the day showcasing the art of preparing traditional Arabic coffee and a tasting of Shaikh Zayed’s gahwa prepared by his own muqahwi. Today at 11.30am at The Espresso Lab, Dubai. Tomorrow, at Ratios Coffee at 11am. Wednesday at Trends Cafe, Ajman at 7pm and on Thursday at Muse Cafe, Ras Al Khaimah at 11am.