Kahwa poured into engraved brass and passed to a guest by hand — tea here has always been half ceremony. This cup and saucer is made for that. Each is...

Before kettles whistled and switched themselves off, they simply sat on the stove and did their work — and a copper one meant the house took its tea seriously. This...

In Peshawar, the chai josh never really leaves the table. It sits to one side through the afternoon, keeping the kahwa hot, ready to fill the next cup before you've...

In Peshawar's oldest bazaar — Qissa Khwani, the Street of Storytellers — tea was never a private thing. Traders off the caravans, storytellers, whoever took a seat: the qahwa was...