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Yasmina CafeGrainger Town, Newcastle

★EverydayThe everyday answer

Grainger St0.2 mi from Grainger Town centrelast reviewed April 2026

One barista here makes a proper pour-over, beans weighed and the extraction watched through the brew. The Arabic cafe setting keeps things unhurried, which is the right speed for the coffee.

An Arabic cafe where the barista weighs the ice on principle.

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Pour-over

What we love

  • •Pour-over prepared with timed intervals between pours
  • •Decaf espresso made on request and executed correctly
  • •Freshly ground beans as standard
  • •Arabic cafe setting in Grainger Town, where coffee is secondary to culture but taken seriously

Location

45 Grainger St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5JE, UK

0.2 mi from Grainger Town centre

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