Ramadan menus are in their experimental era, and honestly, we’re not mad about it. This year’s drinks are doing the absolute most in the best way possible. Sobia is getting remixed, karkade is turning up sparkling, matcha is having several identity crises, and somehow halawa in coffee is making perfect sense. The classics are still there, of course, but they’re showing up with a little more attitude, a little more flair, and a clear understanding that iftar season is also content season.

And really, that is the fun of it. Ramadan drinks have always carried a sense of nostalgia, but this year’s specials are balancing that familiarity with a more playful, slightly over-the-top energy. Some lean creamy, some lean fruity, some are clearly designed to be photographed before they are sipped, and all of them make a strong case for adding “drink stop” to the post-iftar agenda. From comforting to chaotic in the best way, these are the Ramadan specials currently calling the shots...

Brown Nose - Karak Tea

Branches all over Egypt
Some drinks do not need reinvention, and karak is one of them. Brown Nose clearly understands that, because this is the kind of Ramadan order that feels less like a trend and more like a return to sanity after one too many wildly experimental specials.

Saints - Coconut Cloud Karkade

Branches all over Egypt

Karkade with coconut sounds like the sort of thing you would raise an eyebrow at before trying, and then immediately admit is actually quite good. Saints has somehow taken one of Ramadan’s most reliable staples and given it a softer, prettier, slightly holiday-adjacent upgrade.

1980 - Pistachio Foam Matcha

Branches all over Egypt

Matcha has, of course, found its way onto the Ramadan menu because apparently no season is safe from it. Still, pistachio foam is exactly the kind of extra touch that makes the whole thing feel less predictable and more like something you would willingly queue for.

Moishi - Qamar El Din Boba

Branches all over Egypt

There is something deeply funny about Qamar El Din entering its boba era, and yet it makes perfect sense. If Ramadan specials are going to start borrowing from every corner of the drink world, they may as well do it with this much confidence.

Cloud Nine - Iced Sobia Matcha

Zayed Dunes & Green Heights, Sheikh Zayed

Sobia and matcha in the same drink really should have been a chaotic decision, but this is exactly the sort of combination that makes you pause, judge it a little, and then order it anyway. It is bizarre, seasonal, and just self-aware enough to work.

RAF - Halawa Salted Latte

Branches all over Egypt

Putting halawa in a latte is such an aggressively Ramadan move that resisting it feels pointless. RAF has gone straight for the rich, nostalgic, slightly overindulgent route here, and honestly, that is exactly what the season permits.

Myst Coffee - Vanilla Date Coconut Latte

Kov Mall, New Cairo

This one sounds like it was built in a Ramadan mood board, but in a way that is hard to dislike. Dates were obviously going to appear somewhere, yet paired with vanilla and coconut, the whole thing feels smoother and more thought-out than a gimmick has any right to be.

Cult - Sparkling Karkade

Branches all over Egypt

Sparkling karkade is one of those ideas that sounds suspiciously modern until you realise it is actually just a very good one. Cult has kept the sharpness and familiarity of the original, then added the sort of fizz that makes it feel a little more dressed up for the occasion.

Zenzoo - Vimto Bliss

Walk of Cairo, Sheikh Zayed & U-Venues, New Cairo

Vimto is already so attached to Ramadan that it barely needs a reintroduction, but this version clearly knows its audience. Sweet, nostalgic, and impossible to pretend you are above, it is exactly the kind of drink people order while claiming they only wanted a small sip.

Cuppas - Lotus Sobia

East Hub Mall, Madinaty

Lotus has now made its way into sobia, because apparently even Ramadan drinks are not immune to that biscuit spread instinct. It sounds excessive, it probably is excessive, and that is more or less the whole point.

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