Minneapolis· coffee & conversation

A room for thelong conversation,and the slow cup.

Order ahead and watch the cup fill, or come sit where nobody hurries you.

The offering

Taken slowly, in three parts

№ I
Espresso
- Espresso$3.25
- Cortado$4.00
- Flat white$4.75
- Cardamom latte$5.50
№ II
Filter
- Pour-over$4.50
- Batch brew$3.00
№ III
From the case
- Cardamom bun$4.50
- Date & sesame cookie$3.00
- Almond croissant$4.75

Tea and the rest of the case live on the full menu.

نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

“Nun. By the pen, and by what they inscribe.”

Surah Al-Qalam · 68:1

We are named for the letter ن — a bowl beneath a single dot; a cup in profile, the dot rising like the first curl of steam.

The room

Minneapolis drinks in every language. Whatever your people call the unhurried cup, it has a chair here.

Somali Minneapolis
Shaah cadays & the oud
Milk tea spiced with cardamom and cinnamon, poured while the oud is still tuning.
The oud tunes, the shaah steeps, and nobody checks the time.
Photo: Naimaisse · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arab Minneapolis
Qahwa
Cardamom coffee from the dallah, poured shallow so the guest is refilled often.
The dallah tips, the finjan waits — the guest is the point.
Photo: Slywire · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Scandinavian & German Minnesota
Fika & kaffe
The percolator in the church basement, the pause that outlasts its cookie.
Kaffe on the hour — and the hour stretches.
Photo: Johannes Jansson/norden.org · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 dk
Dakota & Ojibwe Minnesota
Cedar & maple
The first slow cups of this land: cedar steeped slow, maple drawn slower.
Before every other cup here, these.
Photo: U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain