Then you'll be explaining it to your friends. Cold-brewed organic espresso from Mount Hagen, topped up with sparkling tonic – alcohol-free, ready to drink. Not an energy drink that runs on sugar. Not an iced coffee that fills you up.
Alcohol-freeEU-organicWith & without caffeine250 ml can
Sample pack €12.00 (€8.00/l), plus €7.90 shipping and €1.50 DPG deposit · 24-can tray €48.00 (€8.00/l), plus €10.00 shipping and €6.00 DPG deposit. All prices incl. VAT; the deposit is refunded at any German reverse-vending machine. Ships in 1–3 working days. Or find it in stores →
Coffee with tonic sounds wrong, we know – and that's exactly why we only ask you for the first cold sip. After that the doubt is gone and the curiosity stays.
First
Up top, the bitter, sparkling freshness of the tonic: herbal bitters, a hit of citrus, tingling carbonation, bright on the palate.
Underneath
Beneath it, the cold-steeped cold brew carries the coffee note through: round and full, not burnt-bitter, not a milky coffee.
No sugar rush like an energy drink, nothing filling and milky like an iced coffee. Drunk ice-cold, what remains is: alert and cool in the same sip, dry and grown-up.
Right in the summer
Alert, cool, right in the middle.
What is Espresso Tonic?
A drink from the specialty-coffee scene.
Water with coffee flavouring would have been easier. We grind real organic espresso beans and steep the cold brew cold – for hours. You can taste the difference.
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Real cold brew
Steeped in-house from ground Mount Hagen organic espresso beans. No added flavouring for the coffee note.
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Sparkling tonic
The tonic component is made only with herbal extracts and natural flavourings.
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Alcohol-free & organic
alcohol-free, EU-organic certified – alert without a sugar rush, with natural caffeine.
How Espresso Tonic is made
In bars, a hot espresso is pulled, cooled over ice and topped up with tonic – a play of fine coffee notes and sparkling freshness that's one of the most exciting trends in the coffee scene right now. That's exactly the drink we've put ready to drink in a can: just open it, ideally well chilled from the fridge.
For the base, we steep our cold brew ourselves. We grind Mount Hagen's organic espresso beans and cold-extract the espresso from them – so the caffeine comes straight from the espresso bean, just like a real espresso. Add to that a tonic component, made only with herbal extracts and natural flavourings. For everyone looking for something new – beyond the energy drink and the iced coffee.
Two variants
With caffeine. Or without.
The same recipe, the same 250-ml slimline can – you decide: with the alert kick or completely relaxed.
With natural caffeine
Espresso Tonic
The caffeine comes straight from the ground espresso bean – just like an espresso.
Volume250 ml slimline can
Alcoholalcohol-free
Caffeinearound 40 mg, from the espresso bean
Energy33 kcal / 100 ml
OrganicEU-organic · DE-ÖKO-006
Deposit€0.25 DPG one-way
Decaf
Espresso Tonic Decaf
From decaffeinated Mount Hagen organic espresso beans – full flavour, no caffeine.
We didn't invent Espresso Tonic. We just happened to be standing behind the right bar when it happened.
“You make good tonic and we make good coffee. Let's put Espresso Tonic on the shelves together!”
Farid Keller · Mount Hagen
Read the whole story
Nuremberg, February 2025
Biofach, the world's leading trade fair for organic food. Sankt Sprizz and Mount Hagen share a bar. At one end, Johannes Schubert pours his aperitivo – topped up with his tonic. At the other end, Farid Keller of Mount Hagen – once a hospitality man himself – pulls fresh espressos, cools them down over ice and tops them up with tonic. The tonic he uses is Johannes's. He's tried it. It's good.
Same ritual, different fair: Johannes Schubert on the tonic, Farid Keller on the espresso.
The queue
A queue forms at the bar. It doesn't get shorter. And almost everyone orders the same thing: Espresso Tonic. Johannes pours, watches – and that evening he understands two things. First: here's an alcohol-free drink that wakes you up and tastes like a celebration – and works just as well on an ordinary Tuesday. Second: with the decaffeinated beans Farid also has with him that evening, the same drink even works late at night.
The can
Johannes said yes.
Since then he's developed the drink this page is about: real cold brew from Mount Hagen's organic espresso beans – the decaf bean even fair-trade sourced – plus his dry tonic component made from herbal extracts. Only one question stayed open longer: bottle or can? The bottle was the first attempt. The can won – for three sober reasons. It's light on the way from warehouse to shelf. As a deposit can it goes back into the loop and is recycled at a high rate. And younger customers reach for the can in the chiller.
Spring 2026, Stuttgart trade fair – ever since Nuremberg, Johannes Schubert and Farid Keller keep standing at trade fairs together. On the table: the tonic that started it all, and the bottle – the first attempt, before the can won.
“For me, this can is the synthesis of Hamburg and Munich. Of Mount Hagen and Sankt Sprizz. Of Farid's espresso and my tonic.”
Johannes Schubert · Founder, Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH
The coffee man next to me at the trade-fair bar – and the reason this can holds real Mount Hagen espresso, not its flavouring.
Read Farid's whole story
Nuremberg, Biofach fair 2025 – “the encounter”. We knew each other in passing from a fair before, but that evening chance brought us together for a booth party. Back to back, we rocked the bar. At one end: Johannes Schubert, the Bavarian start-up with the Aperitivo Kollektiv and his organic sprizz creations – today under the Sankt Sprizz brand. At the other end: Farid Keller of Mount Hagen coffee from the coffee city of Hamburg.
Farid grabbed Johannes' tonic water over ice, pulled a fresh organic espresso and poured it in. It didn't just look fantastic, it tasted amazing. What happened next was wild: the queue at the bar just wouldn't let up. People loved this combination of dry freshness and real, honest coffee flavour. Neat, with fresh orange juice or with gin – that evening, anything was possible.
Back to back at the trade-fair bar: Johannes on the tonic, Farid on the espresso.
Johannes watched the buzz and understood at once that Espresso Tonic is the ultimate alcohol-free soft drink and hits the zeitgeist exactly. The rest is quickly told: we put our heads together and had a vision. With a brand like Mount Hagen coffee and the empathetic founder Johannes Schubert – his expertise and his tonic – we wanted to create a great drink together and bring it to market.
In the weeks that followed, we put our heads together even more intensely. Johannes diligently fine-tuned the recipe, while we checked whether a collaboration between Munich and Hamburg was even possible at all. And we asked ourselves whether this innovative drink really stood a chance on the market. To gather the first honest opinions, there was of course no better place than… more trade fairs.
From trade-fair buzz to ready-to-drink
Let's be honest: who at home actually stands there, makes a cold brew specially and fiddles about mixing it with tonic? Exactly – almost nobody. The idea was born: Johannes turned it into a finished ready-to-drink beverage in the best organic quality. But before he went all in, we had our Espresso Tonic tested at events by the harshest critics of all: you. The overwhelming feedback showed us: the market is really up for it!
Bottle or can? We're testing both!
As a young start-up, Johannes faced real financial and logistical challenges when it came to packaging. The classic returnable-deposit loop for bottles is barely feasible for a brand-new product right now. So we're taking a pragmatic route and simply offer both for the time being:
The bottle comes to market – as with Johannes' Sankt Sprizz – deposit-free at first, running through the classic glass-recycling loop. That especially pleases the organic specialist trade, which often turns cans away. In parallel, we're backing the slim can in the logistically light and uncomplicated one-way deposit system. It chills in a flash, travels superbly and goes straight back into the recycling loop via the reverse-vending machine. Where the journey ends up? That's up to you.
Nuremberg Biofach fair, February 2026: the circle closes
And then it finally began! In February 2026 – to the day, one year after we stood back to back at the trade-fair bar – we officially presented our Espresso Tonic as a finished product for the first time. The result of long nights and intense work, ready for your fridges.
The result: Munich × Hamburg
Our shared idea “Espresso Tonic” is produced and marketed by Johannes Schubert's Aperitivo Kollektiv and the Sankt Sprizz brand in Bad Aibling (near Munich), in the Bavarian Alpine foothills.
Mount Hagen, the renowned organic coffee brand from Hamburg, stands at Johannes's side.
Real cold brew meets a fine tonic component made from select herbal extracts. All of it, naturally, 100 % alcohol-free and EU-organic certified. It carries the same signature as “Sankt Sprizz” and is made with the same care – a drink entirely of its own, and an honest one.
Whether in the 250-ml slim can or the 200-ml glass bottle: it's exactly the same, perfect recipe. You simply choose between two variants:
With caffeine: for an alert kick during the day. Without caffeine: for completely relaxed enjoyment.
And how do you like to drink it? Neat and well chilled over ice, with a shot of freshly pressed orange juice, as a vegan iced coffee with a delicious sorbet, or mixed with a floral organic gin… anything goes!
800 kilometres separate the Hamburg coffee metropolis and Bavarian aperitivo culture.
But in this partnership of Sankt Sprizz and Mount Hagen coffee, in every sip it's just two fingers apart.
The makers of the Bavarian aperitivo Sankt Sprizz fetch the coffee for Espresso Tonic 800 km away in Hamburg. Roundabout? Yes. More honest? Also yes. Espresso Tonic is made at Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH (Sankt Sprizz brand) in Bad Aibling – around Munich, home of the aperitivo moment. The coffee is made by Mount Hagen, the organic coffee pioneer from the old coffee metropolis of Hamburg.
Everything around coffee and tonic is pared back to the essentials: real cold brew, a tonic component made from herbal extracts, organic cane sugar – alcohol-free and EU-organic certified.
“We could have made it easier for ourselves. We didn't. I put my name to the fact that there's real coffee in here – not its flavouring.”
Founder, Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH
With Sankt Sprizz we put the Bavarian aperitivo into a bottle. Espresso Tonic is the next step: the coffee trend from the cafés – honest, organic, ready to drink in a can.
From the makers of Sankt Sprizz
The can is new. The house isn't.
At the trade-fair stand you'll find Johannes Schubert himself – with the aperitivo bottles and this can. And the house already has a fair bit to show for it:
An alcohol-free soft drink from the specialty-coffee scene: cold-brewed espresso (cold brew) meets sparkling tonic water. We steep the cold brew ourselves from ground Mount Hagen organic espresso beans and combine it with a tonic component made from herbal extracts – ready to drink in a 250 ml can.
How did Espresso Tonic come about?
At Biofach 2025 in Nuremberg, Sankt Sprizz and Mount Hagen shared a trade-fair bar. There Johannes Schubert poured his aperitivo, mixed with his tonic; next to him Farid Keller of Mount Hagen cooled fresh espresso over ice and topped it up with exactly this tonic – because it was so good. A queue formed at the bar. Out of that evening came the idea to bring Espresso Tonic to the can together, ready to drink. You can read the whole story further up this page.
What does Espresso Tonic taste like?
First comes the bitter, sparkling freshness of the tonic, with herbal bitters, citrus and tingling carbonation. Beneath it sits the cold-steeped cold brew from organic espresso beans, round and full, not burnt-bitter and not a milky coffee. The result is alert, sparkling and dry-grown-up – no sugar rush like an energy drink and nothing milky like an iced coffee, best drunk ice-cold.
Does Espresso Tonic contain alcohol?
No. Espresso Tonic is alcohol-free, making it a refreshing alternative to the energy drink and the iced coffee.
Is Espresso Tonic organic?
Yes. Espresso Tonic is EU-organic certified (organic control body DE-ÖKO-006). The espresso comes from Mount Hagen organic espresso beans.
Is Espresso Tonic also available without caffeine?
Yes. There are two variants: with natural caffeine (straight from the espresso bean) and decaf, from decaffeinated Mount Hagen organic espresso beans.
How much caffeine is in Espresso Tonic?
Around 40 mg per can – the caffeine comes straight from Mount Hagen's ground organic espresso, roughly like an espresso and far less than an energy drink. The decaf variant contains practically no caffeine. You'll find the exact figure on the can.
How many calories does Espresso Tonic have?
33 kcal per 100 ml. Pleasantly light and refreshing.
Does Espresso Tonic contain sugar?
Yes, a little organic cane sugar – but far less sweet than an energy drink. No sugar rush: Espresso Tonic tastes dry and grown-up, not sticky-sweet.
What's the difference between Espresso Tonic and an energy drink?
Espresso Tonic is a real coffee drink: the caffeine comes from genuine organic cold brew, not from synthetic caffeine and sugar syrup. It's alcohol-free, EU-organic and without a sugar rush – an alert, grown-up alternative to the energy drink and the iced coffee.
Where does Espresso Tonic come from?
Espresso Tonic is developed by Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH (Sankt Sprizz brand) in Bad Aibling near Munich – in partnership with organic coffee partner Mount Hagen from Hamburg. So Munich, the home of the aperitivo, meets Hamburg, Germany's coffee metropolis.
Is there a deposit on the can?
Yes. Each 250 ml can carries a €0.25 DPG one-way deposit (single-use).
Where can I buy Espresso Tonic?
Fastest way is directly online: the 24-can tray (€48.00, €8.00/l, plus €10.00 shipping and €6.00 DPG deposit) and the 6-can sample pack (€12.00, €8.00/l, plus €7.90 shipping and €1.50 DPG deposit); ships in 1–3 working days. Single cans additionally come via grocery and beverage retail plus hospitality – ask at your supermarket or favourite café; EDEKA and REWE stores already find us in their merchandise system. Are you a retailer or in hospitality? Then request samples & terms here.
For retail & hospitality
Add Espresso Tonic to your range.
Whether chiller, bar, petrol station or festival – we supply retail and hospitality and are happy to send you samples and terms.
Run a store, beverage retailer or wholesaler? Both variants can be ordered via merchandise systems and direct delivery (search: “Espresso Tonic” or “Sankt Sprizz”). If your system already carries the item, simply reorder – if not, we'll set it up together with you and deliver straight to your location. To the order card with scannable EANs →
Why list Espresso Tonic?
Your customer stops and asks: “Coffee with tonic – what does that taste like?” That very question sells the can.
Espresso Tonic is still on hardly any shelf. Whoever stocks it first has the curiosity drink before everyone else.
Two variants – with caffeine and decaf. For the morning and for the evening.
EU-organic, organic espresso from Mount Hagen in Hamburg – the proof is right there on the shelf.
Alcohol-free, ready to drink, 250-ml can with DPG deposit. No mixing, ready to sell straight away.
Pack sizes & terms
Pack250 ml slimline can
Case unit24 cans / tray
Minimum order10 trays of 24 cans (240 cans)
Display unitcan be ordered pre-filled as an alternative (268 cans)
Best before12 months
Storagestores unrefrigerated
Deposit€0.25 DPG one-way
Variantswith caffeine · decaf
OrganicEU-organic · DE-ÖKO-006
Direct delivery to store or business; EDEKA & REWE stores order via their merchandise system. Samples available at short notice.
