Which food souvenirs are worth buying in Egypt, and what should travelers avoid?

To choose a coffee, you can first buy small bricks to try: according to a July 2026 review they are decent, with the lighter one milder in taste and the darker one stronger.

The best review in July 2026 went to the coffee in an orange pack, called "super coffee". Another traveler wrote the same day that the pack of coffee she bought to try turned out very mild and tasty, and she regretted not buying more.

Dates were rated as good in the same July 2026 review, one of the sweet souvenirs travelers suggest bringing home.

In July 2026 a traveler rated the halva very highly, calling it excellent, so it is worth buying alongside the coffee and dates.

Boxed lokum, by contrast, got a sharply negative verdict and was called complete rubbish (July 2026). If you are choosing sweets as gifts, this review points to dates or halva instead.

For alcohol, cognac from duty free came up in July 2026; one participant jokingly suggested bringing it to breakfast and adding it to coffee.