Jerusalem (Old City) · Palestine
Izhiman Coffee
Izhiman Coffee roasts in Jerusalem (Old City), Suq Khan a-Zeit (Beit Habad Street).
Since 1921 · Izhiman family (founder name lost to history)
Overview
Izhiman Coffee is Jerusalem's heritage Palestinian coffee roastery, founded 1921 in the Old City's Suq Khan a-Zeit market just inside Damascus Gate — a continuous family operation now in its fourth generation under Mahmoud Izachman, who founded Jerusalem's first Specialty Coffee Academy. The cardamom-spiced finely-ground house mix combines Brazilian, Colombian, Guatemalan, Costa Rican and Tanzanian beans, and the operation now spans six stores across Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem.
Known for
- Palestine's heritage coffee roaster (1921 Old City Jerusalem)
- 100+ year continuous family operation (4 generations)
- Founder of Jerusalem's first Specialty Coffee Academy
- Six-store chain across Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem
- Cardamom-spiced house qahwa blend
Why it matters
Izhiman has sold continuously from the same Old City Jerusalem location since 1921 — 100+ years through Ottoman dissolution, British Mandate, the 1948 Nakba (when one brother fled to Amman to open a same-named operation), and ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The grandson's modern pivot — founding Jerusalem's first SCA-affiliated Specialty Coffee Academy and adding the Izpresso Nespresso-compatible line — anchors the contemporary specialty coffee culture growing across Jerusalem, Ramallah and even smaller Palestinian cities.
Production
- head roaster
- Mahmoud Izachman (4th generation)
- roaster machine
- Custom Turkish-built fully-automated 240kg-capacity roaster (2018 upgrade, ~$110,000)
- roastery location
- Atarot industrial area, Jerusalem
Café
Suq Khan a-Zeit (Beit Habad Street), Old City Jerusalem (flagship)
Recognitions
- Jerusalem's longest continuously operating coffee roastery (1921-)
- Founded Jerusalem's first Specialty Coffee Academy