koakult GmbH

The story of koawach began in a shared kitchen in Cologne. Two students met in a student initiative on sustainability and discovered some things in common: an aversion to coffee and a passion for cacao. Together they searched for a tasty caffeine alternative and finally found what they were looking for in Daniel's home country - the traditional guarana plant from South America. The plant with the highest caffeine content in the world is said to have an invigorating effect. The idea for koawach was born and Daniel's shared kitchen became a cacao lab, where he spent every free minute making the perfect blend of cacao and guarana. Using a camp stove, the two had their homemade drinking chocolates tasted by students on the campus of Cologne University. Fellow students, family members and friends were enthusiastic, which is why Heiko and Daniel took on the market test of their cocoas at the Proof-of-Concept of the Entrepreneurship Summit 2013. With success! After the pitch, the two founders reached 500 orders. In 2014, the company koakult and the brand koawach were born - a word creation from the English "cocoa" for cocoa and "wach", the intended effect through guarana. Since then, koakult GmbH has stood for honest, fair-trade products without artificial additives, with which the cocoa industry is to be revolutionized. Daniel also wants to establish a cocoa culture in Germany, as he knows it from his native Colombia. The caffeine cocoas are available throughout Germany not only as powder in bags, but also as a to-go variant in cans in numerous supermarkets and organic markets. Since 2017, all products have also carried the Fairtrade seal in addition to the organic certificate. And how did koakult get its monkey? The logo is adorned by a small monkey with a cup. This is a mono titi monkey from South America that likes cocoa and eats the fruit of the guarana tree. That's why he's so active - just like us.