Tel Aviv · Israel
Nahat Coffee
Nahat Coffee roasts in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District.
Since 2015 · Dan Urieli, Assaf Bitton
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
- head roaster
- Dan Urieli
- roaster machine
- 2kg Solar Shop by Coffee-Tech Engineering
- filter equipment
- Hario, Chemex, cold brew
- roastery location
- In-cafe at Dizengoff Square (Raynes 1)
- espresso equipment
- Bauhaus TLV espresso machine (Coffee-Tech Engineering)
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