Kahwa is a special drink that means "sweetened tea" in Kashmiri. It always includes cinnamon, cardamom, and sweetener. It often also includes crushed nuts like almonds or walnuts, dried rose petals and saffron. It can be brewed with black tea leaves but green tea is traditional. However, kahwa can also be made as a simple herbal infusion (tisane) as well without the tea leaves.