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'''''Qishr''''' ([[Arabic script|Arabic]]: قشر, ''geshir'', ''gishr'', ''kishr'') is a [[Yemeni cuisine|Yemeni]] hot drink, made of spiced [[coffee]] [[husk]]s,<ref name="pauldresch">Dresch, Paul, "A history of modern Yemen"</ref> [[ginger]],<ref name="annahestler">Hestler, Anna, "Yemen"</ref> and sometimes [[cinnamon]].<ref name="jacobashkenazi">Jacob, Jeanne, Ashkenazi, Michael "The World Cookbook for Students, Volume 1"</ref> In [[Yemen]], it is usually drunk instead of coffee, because it |
'''''Qishr''''' ([[Arabic script|Arabic]]: قشر, ''geshir'', ''gishr'', ''kishr'') is a [[Yemeni cuisine|Yemeni]] hot traditional drink, made of spiced [[coffee]] [[husk]]s,<ref name="pauldresch">Dresch, Paul, "A history of modern Yemen"</ref> [[ginger]],<ref name="annahestler">Hestler, Anna, "Yemen"</ref> and sometimes [[cinnamon]].<ref name="jacobashkenazi">Jacob, Jeanne, Ashkenazi, Michael "The World Cookbook for Students, Volume 1"</ref> In [[Yemen]], it is usually drunk instead of coffee, because it doesn't need to be roasted.<ref name="annahestler"/> |
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"Ginger coffee is the universal drink and the cup is always filled, a guest being given two cups at once... Qishr, an infusion made from the husks of coffee berries, is also drunk, particularly in the Tihamat al 'Asir."<ref>Thesiger, W. "A Journey Through the Tihama, the 'Asir, and the Hijaz Mountains." The Geographical Journal , Vol. 110, No. 4/6 (Oct. - Dec., 1947), page 192.</ref> |
"Ginger coffee is the universal drink and the cup is always filled, a guest being given two cups at once... Qishr, an infusion made from the husks of coffee berries, is also drunk, particularly in the Tihamat al 'Asir."<ref>Thesiger, W. "A Journey Through the Tihama, the 'Asir, and the Hijaz Mountains." The Geographical Journal , Vol. 110, No. 4/6 (Oct. - Dec., 1947), page 192.</ref> |
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Qishr (Arabic: قشر, geshir, gishr, kishr) is a Yemeni hot traditional drink, made of spiced coffee husks,[1] ginger,[2] and sometimes cinnamon.[3]InYemen, it is usually drunk instead of coffee, because it doesn't need to be roasted.[2]
"Ginger coffee is the universal drink and the cup is always filled, a guest being given two cups at once... Qishr, an infusion made from the husks of coffee berries, is also drunk, particularly in the Tihamat al 'Asir."[4]
Concerning qishr, "Great hospitality was shown to us on entering their houses; we were always pressed to stay, and never allowed to go without taking a cup of coffee or rather an infusion of coffee husk called "keshr"; for, strange to say, though in the heart of the coffee country, coffee is never taken as a beverage."[5]
At least 1,100 years ago, traders brought coffee across the Red Sea into Arabia (modern-day Yemen), where Muslim dervishes began cultivating the shrub in their gardens. At first, the Arabians made wine from the pulp of the fermented coffee berries. This beverage was known as qishr and was used during religious ceremonies.[6]
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