Guides and planners
Guides and planners for Dubai offices and events: how to budget, how to plan, what to ask and what the terms mean. Each one is built from the rates and terms published on this site.
For buyers
Start here when you are budgeting, comparing suppliers or planning a date.
- Corporate coffee and catering FAQPrices, VAT invoices, booking lead times, delivery, halal and events: straight answers.
- Corporate catering cost per headPer-head prices for coffee, breakfast, majlis and iftar catering, with worked totals for 30 and 100 guests.
- Plan coffee and karak for an eventChoose between flasks, trays, a karak station, majlis or a coffee cart by headcount.
- What a coffee cart costsPublished coffee cart packages and add-ons, with an estimate tool.
- UAE corporate calendar 2026-27Diwali, UAE National Day, GITEX, WHX and Ramadan dates, with a calendar file to download.
- Year-end staff party catering (seasonal)A coffee cart, live karak station or karak trays for an end-of-year office party.
Explainers
Plain-English guides to what we serve and why people love it.
- What is karak chai?What karak is, what is in it and how it differs from regular chai.
- Specialty coffee in DubaiA neighbourhood guide to specialty coffee in Dubai.
- The Dubai chocolate latteWhat the Dubai chocolate latte is and where to drink it.
- Cha Cha Chai karak guide (chachachai.ae)What to order at a karak café, from our karak brand.
Company facts
Who runs ROAST and Cha Cha Chai, in one place.
- About ROAST x Cha Cha ChaiWho we are, our brands and our points of sale.
- Company factsKey facts about the group in one place.
How to use these guides
Each guide opens with a short answer, shows the arithmetic behind any figure and links to the page that owns the service. Prices are the ones published on those pages, before 5% VAT, and are the Dubai-delivered prices. If a page does not answer your question, the quote form and the call-back form reach the same team.
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- Licensed halal UAE F&B operator
- VAT tax invoice with TRN
- ROAST since 2018 · Cha Cha Chai since 2013
- Dubai-based