Dopa Drops is Where Coffee Meets Your Happy Chemical

If you turned the “clean girl aesthetic” into a cafe, it would be Dopa Drops at OFFLEX Mall in New Cairo. Think: glowy, natural, neutral-toned, and sleek. Dopa Drops would wear a low ponytail and mascara only.

The name comes from ‘dopamine’—the chemical that doesn’t just make you happy, but regulates your mood, reinforces good habits, and says, “That feels good, let’s do it again.”
“I was drawn to how coffee brings people together naturally,” Mohamed Hatem, founder and creative director, said. "The concept grew from that simple human truth.”

Dopa opened in June 2025, serving iced drinks in an indoor-outdoor cafe that provided some relief from Cairo’s hot summer sun. Since then, Dopa has transitioned through the fall and meets us here in the winter, as the cold months call for changing our order from iced to hot matcha.

Matcha is a customer favourite, Hatem said. Dopa is known for having mastered “the art of whisk.” Where others may use a blender, Dopa honors Japanese tradition—sifting the green tea powder in a small strainer that falls into a clay bowl beneath. A barista pours hot water over it, adds a dollop of honey for sweetness, and whisks the matcha in a zigzag motion until it froths with bright green foam on top. Last but not least, they stir into warm almond milk or perhaps iced oat.

As authentic as their matcha is, the Dopa menu is built around their specialty coffee—not commercial blends. They source premium beans from farms on this continent and across the world—in Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia. That coffee is roasted, ground and brewed into lattes with hearts and dripped into cold brew.

The menu is also home to quite the selection of baked goods like chocolatey eclairs, buttery almond croissants, and baguettes that make a delicious savoury sandwich.
The space itself moves seamlessly from day to night in an interior designed by the Egyptian Spaces/Architects. Circular fixtures above bathe the room in warm ambient light that makes the brushed stainless steel counters and tables glisten.

At Dopa, Hatem hopes that customers feel calm, welcomed, and connected - a place that, as he put is, “is more than a cup of coffee."