Shaghf cafe
645 Forest Ave, Portland, ME
Crema's Take
“Shaghf Coffee brings authentic Arabic coffee traditions to Portland with creative flavor variations that elevate the espresso experience, drawing real coffee enthusiasts with their thoughtfully crafted specialty drinks like pistachio lattes and signature creations. The tastefully designed space radiates cozy, clean elegance with a fragrant atmosphere that makes it equally perfect for lingering over work on your laptop or meeting friends over impeccably presented pastries and crepes. Fair warning: their drinks are beautifully crafted but decidedly small, so come prepared to savor rather than gulp.”
What to expect
Espresso-focused, with creative signature drinks, matcha and tea options too, good cold brew. A slow-sit, laptop-friendly spot, good for meetings. Pastries on the menu. Wifi.
Google Reviews
The treats in this place are unlike anything I've experienced. My family went in for an iced coffee and came out with magical fruit shaped ice cream-like filled cupcake....I'm sure it has a fancy name but I dont know it. All I know is that they were amazing, and everyone should…
Pretty tasteful made design, very clean, nice fragrance smelling premise. Authentic Arabic coffee with a pinch of various flavors to choose from. If you are a real coffee fan, definitely a place to check.
What a beautiful spot - I loved the coffees that we have gotten from Shaghf. I will add that the parking situation is tricky. I recommend trying for the adjacent street parking, first. If street parking on Forest Avenue is not available and the weather isn't adverse, there is…
We got two pistachio crepes, a hot mocha, and an iced pistachio latte. Everything was good but the size of the drinks were so small, the iced latte was $9 and it was tiny, tasty but tiny. The mocha was just ok. The crepes were really good. Ignore how messy the crepe picture is,…
Love this place! Have come here several times to do work on my laptop and I love the cozy vibes. I’ve had the Spanish hot latte and an iced Pistachio latte. I like the option to have the sweetened condensed milk in the lattes. I haven’t gotten to try their sweet treats but they…
Amazing food had a chocolate crepe and biscoff cheese cake. To drink we each had a coffee one of them wasn't even sweet but it was still amazing! The workers were so helpful thank goodness seems we had never been there before. The atmosphere was chill relaxed and all the decore…
Crema Reviews
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