Yemeni coffee shop opens in Midtown

• The shop serves specialty coffee with flavors like cardamom, cinnamon and ginger, as well as the baked goods it makes in Dearborn.

State of play: Owner Hamzah Nasser is in the midst of an expansion push, he tells Axios. A second Midtown location is expected to open early next year on Wayne State's campus, with another planned for Ann Arbor.

• Haraz also has locations in Warren and Louisville, Ky., and is planning more out-of-state shops.
• Plus, the business operates a coffee school out of its headquarters.

Flashback: Nasser started Haraz after bringing coffee from Yemen to wholesale in 2019, he says. He had little luck selling the still-green coffee beans and decided to instead make his own enterprise.

The intrigue: Haraz aims to brings a more welcoming environment, Nasser says.

• "We know that's what the coffee culture's all about," he says.