This is our new found discovery in the soft drink niche. One day prince charming simply noticed these in the local ‘dekkane’. There were three flavors: Lemonade; a bottle of which has mysteriously disappeared, Watermelon; as you can see from the photos we did not have much restraint with that either, and the last survivor – the Grenadine & Lemon Flavor. If you like variety in your soft drink Kazouza is a great equivalent to Freeze, especially with its unique Watermelon flavor. But I am sure you’d agree that it is also a great feast for the eyes, great Kudos to the designers who created this hip concept!
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Kazouza is truly a mystery drink. The label hints it’s been there since 1941, but asides from this little shop near our house, we couldn’t find it anywhere. And as for the manufacturer- Cedars Premium Food & Beverage SAL (definitely Lebanese) , I couldn’t find them in any listings or directories and their website is still under construction.
I would definitely recommend you to grab any of the bottles, that is, if you get your eyes on them. I have dropped the manufacturers a line and hopefully I’ll get the mystery solved soon. Nevertheless, if you know more, or see more, tell me about it! This has got me real curious!
Identity Chef 
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September 27, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Zerolando
love it ! Kazouza heheh hilarious name 😀
September 28, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Darine Sabbagh
Thanks for the comment 🙂
September 28, 2009 at 9:29 am
Fred Shadian
My childhood just flashed right in front of me just thinking about drinking Kazouza. I remember going to the grocery story ‘dekkane’ to buy a bottle and then we would play spin the bottle 🙂 LOL
Wow they are back with a twist, very cool. Can’t wait to try one out. Do they ship to Canada 🙂
September 28, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Rami
lol what a coincidence! I also saw the same bottles at Idriss Supermarket in Hamra and I took a photo of 4 bottles of difference flavors on a shelf and was planning to post it on +961! 🙂
I was also wondering about their existence since 1941! I know some of the old “kazouz” (as they used to call them before!) brands were RC & Jalloul, but my parents didn’t recall there was something called “kazouza”
And You’re right about the design btw, I also liked it… but I didn’t taste any of their flavors yet!
September 28, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Darine Sabbagh
Hehe:) Guess I beat you to it then:) @fredshadian said that he used to drink it during his childhood. BTW did you see any additional flavors to the ones I mentioned?
P.S. We started buying it on a regular basis just because it is a rare find:)
September 30, 2009 at 1:08 am
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September 30, 2009 at 9:46 am
Fred Shadian
a little update from memory lane, just checked with my brother, the encyclopedia of my childhood. The company was called Jaloul or Jalloul, flavors where Tamer Hindi, Orange, clear soda and some red flavor 🙂
Kazouza was the given name for any soda pop.
September 30, 2009 at 10:25 am
Darine Sabbagh
That’s what my boss just confirmed, he remebers the tamer hindi flavor of Jalloul and does not recall anything having a brand name Kazouza:) Thanks for your help in solving this mystery 🙂
September 30, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Liliane
oh i have a feeling lemon grenadine is taybe 😀
September 30, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Darine Sabbagh
So far Watermelon is the best. Lemon Grenadine is like Seven up with grenadine. But we have found two new flavors orange & grapefruit which we haven’t tasted yet.
October 13, 2009 at 10:44 am
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October 31, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Hasan
Hello friends,
I’m an AUB business senior. I found this new Lebanese product interesting “kazouza”.
So could you please support me with enough info about it. For example, what is the name of the company, whose producing it? Where I can find it? Is the company doing any advertising campaigns? Any thing!
Thank you all, in advance,
Best Regards!
Hasan
October 31, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Darine Sabbagh
Hi Hasan,
All the information that I have on Kazouza 1942 is basically summarized in my two blogposts about it: https://identitychef.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/kazouza-the-new-bubbly-drink-in-town/ & https://identitychef.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/kazouza-1941-mystery-uncovered/.
You can definitely get some extra information if you contact Cedars Premium .
Yes the company is doing some promotions, visiting outlets, and exhibiting. I know for a fact they have exhibited at the Biggest Hummos & Tabbouleh plate adjoining exhibition.
Some small stores around Lebanon carry Kazouza, I buy it from a small dekkaneh in Sanayeh and have also seen it in Gas station shop in Unesco (medco) and in a store in Tripoli. But you have to rummage well to find all the flavors 😉
Hope that helps you.
November 25, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Roger Alfa
HI Hassan
I can´t help you much but this product use to be called in the 50th.
KAZOUZ JALLOUL and the famous flavor was TAMARIND (Tamer hindi )
and it was owned by family Jalloul.
Good luck
Roger Alfa
November 2, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Hasan
Hey Darine,
I’m really so grateful for this appreciated effort. Thank you very much. I hope this will help me in my research. By the way, there is a teacher in our department, is called, Mr. Antoine Sabbagh, I respect him so much. He’s a good man.
Thanks again,
Best Regards
Hasan
November 3, 2009 at 9:52 am
Darine Sabbagh
Hi Hasan,
Glad I could help 🙂 They say all people are related in the 10th generation, but no I do not know Mr. Antoine Sabbagh. Good Luck with your research. I would urge you to join twitter to stay up to date with all events , news & new products in Lebanon.
November 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Hasan
Hi Darine,
Thanks for the offer. Actually, I don’t have much time on web, but I’ll try my best to register at twitter.com . If so, I’ll inform you straight forward.
Best Regards,
Hasan
November 6, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Darine Sabbagh
Well you are definitely welcome to join one of our tweetups, maybe that’ll get u excited. We’ve got one next week http://twtvite.com/shprwu
November 26, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hasan
Thank you my friends for your help,
By the way, I found Kazouza in a supermarket near to our neighborhood.
I am sorry Darine, for not being able to join your twitter blogs, but really I’ll try my best to join it soon.
Best Regards,
Hasan
February 10, 2010 at 9:08 pm
irfaan harris in Saudi
you can find it in the store at the filling station opposite Imam University in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Really is a great refreshing drink