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To less coffee spaces, and more coffee places

Sometimes, I walk into a cafe and it feels like home. Home can be defined as you want it to be. It could be the spot to decompress, the spot to be alone, the spot to meet others, to have a good meal – whatever it is, there’s a feeling and it’s one of belonging.

In the UAE, this I find quite rare. Plentiful are those with great food, beautiful aesthetics, amazing coffee and instagrammable desserts. But how many have that soul factor? Aesthetics definitely play a big role, and while many are aesthetically pleasing, they tend to evoke a pristine, cold vibe – that, or they become a cookie-cutter rendition of the then-trend, an almost scripted approach to their look. I’m not sure how to word it, but in short they’re missing soul, maybe the touch of a ‘human-behind-the-scenes’?

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