Photochromic ink. The tagline "Half the sugar" is invisible at dawn and fully visible at solar noon. Dubai's own light powers the ad.
A Gen Z reframing of the world's leading iced tea brand — built for the afternoons of Dubai, Cairo, Riyadh and Karachi.
of AMESA consumers say they want to cut sugar — but refuse to compromise on taste.
Nielsen AMESA Beverage Tracker · H2 2025
For fifty years, iced tea was something your parents drank on a patio.
We think it belongs in your hand at three in the afternoon, when Dubai is 42°, your phone is dying, and a can of something sweet would be the wrong answer.
So we cut the sugar in half. We kept the Rainforest Alliance leaves. We doubled down on the sun.
The afternoon just got lighter.
Six touchpoints. One afternoon. Six markets.
Six touchpoints across the AMESA region.
Photochromic ink. The tagline "Half the sugar" is invisible at dawn and fully visible at solar noon. Dubai's own light powers the ad.
Creators swap one sugary afternoon drink for Lipton Ice Tea for 7 days. AR filter detects their "sun exposure" and colours the video progressively golden.
A dedicated afternoon-refresh cooler zone, yellow-lit, stocked only after 2pm. Takes the "afternoon occasion" from colas.
Partner with Talabat, Careem, Noon Food. Any food delivery placed between 3–6pm adds a free Lipton Ice Tea can. Data backflow feeds the AMESA DMP.
The first sip after iftar is never water alone. Lipton Ice Tea sponsors "iftar reset" micro-moments across Majlis and cafés — single-serve 250ml cans, half-sugar only.
Seven AMESA creators document one "half-the-sugar afternoon" in their home city. Dubai, Cairo, Karachi, Amman, Jeddah, Casablanca, Lagos.
The north-star KPIs for the 12-month activation.