Afri-Cola cola soft drink

Afri-Cola is a cultural icon in the German beverage industry, known for its unique bottle design and significantly high caffeine content. The brand was launched in 1931 by F. Blumhoffer Nachfolger GmbH in Cologne. During the mid-20th century, it became one of the most popular soft drink brands in Germany, famously marketed in the late 1960s with avant-garde advertisements that helped define the 'Pop Art' era of German marketing.

While the brand faced intense competition from global giants in the later decades, it underwent a successful revival in the late 1990s and 2000s, reclaiming its status as a specialty cola. Today, the brand is owned by the Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach KGaA group. Production is handled primarily through bottling partners in Germany and via international franchises that produce the drink according to the original German high-caffeine recipe.