It is in fact an arabica coffee flavored with guinea pepper or black pepper, which is called jar, in Wolof. This spice comes from the dried fruit of Xylopia aethiopica, a tree from the Gulf of Guinea that Senegal imports from Côte d’Ivoire (like its coffee) or Gabon
Guinea pepper is not a pepper as you might imagine, its flavor rather suggests a mixture of chicory, nutmeg, cloves and its taste pleasantly warms the palat
Ground then mixed with coffee and prepared like filter coffee, it gives our beloved drink a rich and unique aroma by subtly spicing it up. It is undoubtedly for this reason that in a few years, Touba coffee has become the favorite drink of Senegales
- It has seen such a boom in the country that it has even dethroned all instant coffees. Thus, the Touba coffee trade has exploded, allowing many young Senegalese to make a living from this activity in Dakar.e.e…