The kukki story

"Awesome, finally warm beer!"

… said no one ever. Certainly not. kukki Inventor Josef "Sepp" Klemm. He simply got fed up with boring drinks at some point and invented a beverage where the ice is already in the bottle: the kukki CocktailPretty cool.

Sepp still fondly remembers his first cocktail sale: "That was at the airshow of the Benediktbeuern gliding club (Who doesn't know it?) 😉We had the last meter in the corner of the long bar to ourselves and the response was overwhelming.”

Amazon, Apple and Google started in a garage – kukki It first saw the light of day in a small workshop on Sepp's parents' farm. Success was practically guaranteed. Back then, the ice was broken up with a hammer to fit the bottles – today, it's pressed extremely firmly using a patented process. The result: When it thaws, only the cocktail liquefies; the ice stays frozen solid.

Sepp met Saif Hamed in 2013. Both were looking for something more permanent, so in 2014 they founded their own company: Hallo kukki GmbH! Unfortunately, they haven't been able to respond with an original yet. kukki Cocktail to toast to it, because that didn't happen until two years later in August 2016.

Just like the third founder, Andy "The German" Romanowski. Andy was an old roommate of Sepp's and completed the dream team.

Another milestone: In December 2016, the first Edeka supermarket opened. kukki into our product range. The official start of our groundbreaking success story (Hey, we never said we were particularly modest!).

With success, the team naturally grew, and now fifteen fantastic people work in development, production, logistics, marketing, and back office. Most of the time, they're surprisingly level-headed.

JOSEF "SEPP" KLEMM