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Espresso Tonic is the drink from the specialty-coffee scene, ready to drink in a 250 ml organic can – created by Sankt Sprizz (Bad Aibling) together with Hamburg organic-coffee pioneer Mount Hagen. This is where editors find everything they need for their coverage: facts, print-quality photos, story angles and, in Johannes Schubert, a founder who replies fast.

Story angles

• The queue in Nuremberg: At Biofach 2025, Sankt Sprizz and Mount Hagen shared a trade-fair bar – Farid Keller poured fresh espresso over Johannes Schubert's tonic, and the line waiting in front of it turned into a product idea. The full origin story →
• The coffee-bar trend goes ready to drink: Espresso Tonic used to exist only freshly mixed – now it comes as an organic can in retail.
• Munich × Hamburg: A Bavarian one-man start-up and the organic-coffee pioneer from Hamburg develop a drink together.
• Two brands, one house: Why the second drink isn't called Sankt Sprizz – its own brand for the chiller cabinet, so the Bioland premium brand keeps its own profile.
• Sober-curious, but honest: An alcohol-free grown-up drink that imitates nothing – with natural caffeine (approx. 40 mg) instead of a sugar rush, plus a decaf version for the evening.

Quotes from founder Johannes Schubert

"We could have made it easier on ourselves – water with coffee flavouring would have been simpler. We didn't. The can holds real, cold-brewed espresso."

"Espresso Tonic belongs in the chiller cabinet next to the energy drinks – as the more honest option: real cold brew, natural caffeine, no sugar rush."

Both quotes free to use with attribution. Interviews: by phone or on site in Bad Aibling, at short notice.

The company in one paragraph

Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH (Bruckmühl/Bad Aibling, Upper Bavaria) is run by Johannes Schubert as sole founder and is the company behind the Sankt Sprizz brand, a finely bitter organic aperitivo made on a Bioland wine base. Espresso Tonic is the company's second drink. Awards: Biofach Start-up Award 2026 (2nd place), Gründerpreis Rosenheim (3rd place 2026), FOOD & LIFE Munich, FoodNextGen Pitch.

Press contact

Johannes Schubert · Founder, Aperitivo Kollektiv GmbH
kontakt@sanktsprizz.de · usually replies the same day
Sudetenstraße 116 · 83052 Bruckmühl

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