The 6-petal rosette has appeared in Persian art for 2,500 years — from Achaemenid pottery to Safavid Isfahan tile work to contemporary Persian carpets. The قهوهخانه (qahveh-khaneh / coffee house) was the original salon of Persian intellectual life since the 16th century, where poets, scholars, and artists gathered.
The Coffea arabica plant produces hexamerous flowers — 6 petals, white, jasmine-scented. Each petal in this mark is a coffee bean. The crease down each bean's center is the botanical marker — unmistakably coffee at any scale. The connection between the Persian 6-petal gol and the coffee plant's actual flower is not invented — it is biological fact.
The shamsa (شمسه, sun-star) at the center is the Persian manuscript illumination motif representing knowledge and radiant wisdom. The coach stands at the center. Six students bloom outward as petals — each one transformed. This is the coaching dynamic encoded in geometry: one source, many blooms.
A perfect circle contains everything — the cupping bowl, the completeness of mastery. The double ring (outer + inner) mirrors Persian manuscript border systems. The 6px gap between ring and petal tips creates breathing room.
Four small diamonds at north, east, south, west — the cardinal markers of a compass rose, present in Persian navigational and astronomical manuscripts. They anchor the mark and give it cardinal orientation.
6 coffee beans arranged as a Persian گل (gol) rosette. Each bean petal is a student who has bloomed under Maryam's coaching. 6 because the Coffea arabica flower is hexamerous — this is botanically true. The 6-petal form also mirrors the 6-fold symmetry dominant in Persian geometric art.
A fine dark line runs the length of each petal. This is the crease of the coffee bean — the detail that turns abstract petals into identifiable coffee beans. At large sizes, unmistakable. At small sizes, the brain still recognises the shape. The discovery moment: you see petals first, then you see beans.
The 6-pointed star at the heart of the mark is the shamsa — the radiating sun motif that opens every Persian illuminated manuscript. It represents the coach: the illuminating source at the center from whom knowledge and transformation radiate outward. Maryam is the shamsa. Her students are the petals.
From 512px app icon to 20px favicon — the filled saffron beans on dark background maintain recognition at all scales. The crease detail simplifies gracefully as size reduces.
Named after Persian words. Drawn from Iran's most iconic natural materials — saffron, pomegranate, night, parchment, and mahogany wood.
Four approved lockups for all contexts. The stacked form is primary. Horizontal for space-constrained applications. Each variant maintains the mark's integrity.
No other SCA trainer in Dubai can carry both scripts. The Persian script element is optional — used on formal materials, certificates, and Persian-language channels. It's not decoration — it's Maryam's actual name, in the language she grew up speaking.
SCA certificates — bilingual مریم طباطبایی + Maryam Tabatabaei adds prestige and cultural identity
Instagram bio and Farsi-language posts for reaching Iranian coffee professionals across the GCC
Business cards for Iranian community in Dubai — a genuine differentiator no other SCA trainer offers
The primary lockup on dark backgrounds can include مریم طباطبایی in Amiri as a subtle subtitle line below the English wordmark
طباطبایی is one of the most distinguished Persian surnames — a sayyid family name of great cultural weight in Iran. It deserves to be displayed, not hidden.