Nahat Coffee

Overview

Nahat — Hebrew for relaxation or contentment — was founded in January 2015 by Dan Urieli and Assaf Bitton, two coffee professionals with 20 years of combined experience. They modelled the cafe on the 18th-century English coffeehouse 'saloon' tradition, sited it on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square at Raynes 1, and roast on a 2kg locally-built Solar Shop roaster from Coffee-Tech Engineering. Urieli reportedly held the business plan ready for seven years before opening, waiting until the local scene matured.

Known for

• Tel Aviv's flagship specialty coffee saloon
• In-cafe Solar Shop roaster (Coffee-Tech Engineering)
• 18th-century English coffeehouse-inspired model
• Multi-location footprint (Dizengoff Square + Ibn Gabirol + Aluf David Elazar + Herzliya + Jaffa sister Ada Hanina)
• Day-to-night model (coffee morning, beer/wine/cocktails evening)

Why it matters

Tel Aviv's most-cited specialty coffee bar, and a foundational operator in the small but vibrant Israeli third-wave scene. The 'coffee saloon' framing and the patience of waiting nearly a decade for the market to mature differentiates it from Cafelix's earlier launch.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

Dan Urieli

color sorting

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roaster machine

2kg Solar Shop by Coffee-Tech Engineering

filter equipment

Hario, Chemex, cold brew

cupping frequency

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roastery location

In-cafe at Dizengoff Square (Raynes 1)

espresso equipment

Bauhaus TLV espresso machine (Coffee-Tech Engineering)

annual volume tonnes

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Café

Raynes 1, Tel Aviv (Dizengoff Square flagship); 3 Montefiore St; 98 Shlomo Ibn Gabirol St; 17 Rav Aluf David Elazar St; sister cafe Ada Hanina, Jaffa Flea Market

Sources

• https://thecoffeevine.com/reviews/cafes/israel/tel-aviv/nahat-tel-aviv-il/
• https://www.nahatcoffee.com/about-us/
• https://sprudge.com/cafe-nahat-tel-aviv-108957.html
• https://www.timeout.com/israel/restaurants/nahat-cafe
• https://www.touristisrael.com/best-coffee-in-tel-aviv/25426/
• https://www.danhotels.com/Blog/?p=4221