{"id":8762,"date":"2025-08-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8762"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:00:00","slug":"zamaleks-packaging-tells-a-story-of-egyptian-heritage-and-montreal-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8762","title":{"rendered":"Zamalek\u2019s Packaging Tells a Story of Egyptian Heritage and Montreal Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zamalek.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zamalek<\/a>\u00a0is a Ready-to-Drink (RTD) brand from Montreal, Canada. The brand makes beverages using the hibiscus flower, including a drink inspired by the Egyptian\u00a0<em>karkade<\/em>, a sparkling version, a hibiscus and ginger combination, and \u201cZam Cola,\u201d a blend of cola and hibiscus. Additionally, Zamalek produces an iced black tea with lemon and hibiscus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>The name \u201cZamalek\u201d comes from a part of Cairo, Egypt, known for its museums, gardens, and other cultural points of interest. Founder Jules Croubalian Leuba\u2019s family lived in Zamalek after being displaced from his native Armenia, where his mother would make karkade. After moving to Montreal, Jules resorted to purchasing his own supply of hibiscus flowers to brew his beloved karkade.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"expand-paywall-button\" class=\"expand-paywall-button\">Subscribe to Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/zamaleks-packaging-tells-a-story-of-egyptian-heritage-and-montreal-style\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zamalek\u00a0is a Ready-to-Drink (RTD) brand from Montreal, Canada. The brand makes beverages using the hibiscus flower, including a drink inspired by the Egyptian\u00a0karkade, a sparkling version, a hibiscus and ginger combination, and \u201cZam Cola,\u201d a blend of cola and hibiscus. Additionally, Zamalek produces an iced black tea with lemon and hibiscus. The name \u201cZamalek\u201d comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}