Egyptian towns, serving fresh fruit drinks in season as well as ennial favorites such as asab (sugar cane juice), tamar hindi (tamarind), subiya Shrink made from rice and sugar quite unlike saki farawfa (strawberry juice), and vr-a’asous (karob juice).

Esvptians are coffee and tea fiends. Egyptian tea, similar to the Western variety, is normally taken without milk and with enough sugar to make it syrupy. Though you mav get Western-style coffee, Egyptians prefer ahwa (Arabic coffee), which comes in three degree of sweetness” abwa sada (no sugar), abwa mazbut (medium sugar), and abwa Ziyaada (with ia full year’s harvest of sugar cane)> especiallyl when you are in Upper Egypt, try kirkadar, a refershing red drink made by brewing the name stella,has a lower alcohol content than European beer, sold under the brand Le2.50and Le6 in restaurants and bars (note the distinction between Stella brewed for domestic consumption and that brewed for export). Egypt produces a selection of justifiably obscure red and white wines, sold for LE2-5 per bottle.