Spezi

Spezi is a brand name of a caffeinated soft drink. It is a mixed drink of cola and orange juice. For this purpose, the term "Special " is also often used as a generic term. The brand was registered in 1956 by the brewery Riegele in Augsburg and designated initially a beer. Spezi / cola - based drinks were originally known as "Calypso" in the Süddeutsche gastronomy.

The licensed bottling is carried out by a total of 13 breweries speci brand drinks Association Germany eV, established in Augsburg.

Ingredients

The ingredients of Spezi are water, sugar, carbon dioxide, orange juice ( 2.3%), lemon juice (0.8%), color ( caramel ), acid ( phosphoric acid), cold-pressed mandarin oil, orange blossom extract, caffeine and natural flavors, locust bean gum (stabilizer ).

More speci products

In addition to speci Original Cola Orange speci Light, speci caffeine free and speci exist e: nergy ( an energy drink ).

Similar Cola drinks

Drinks of different breweries, usually called cola mix and Schwip Schwap the Pepsi -Cola GmbH and Mezzo Mix of Coca -Cola entered the market later. The latter are now higher revenues than the original.

Drinks from cola with orange soda are regionally also Gwasch, Cola Mix, Mexico or Mexicans, Cold Coffee, bog water, Dünnpfiff or called ( in the Cologne / Bonn / East Westphalia -Lippe ) diesel, with the last name outside of the Rhineland usually for a used beer mixed drink from cola and beer or wine ( see also Local cuisine concepts ). The term Cola Mix is used by various discounters.

A similar mixed drink, sometimes called Cold Coffee, consists of cola and lemonade.

Mixed drinks in the nature of Spezi are present only in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In other countries such as the USA, the mixed drink is barely known. Since September 2010, manufactures and sells Coca -Cola co. Mezzo Mix in Finland.

Other meanings

In some regions of Germany, such as the Emsland, under speci also a mixed drink of cola and Korn is understood. The same mixture is further known as Coko ( for Cola grain ). In Bamberg is meant by the term speci often smoked beer brewing specialty. In Switzerland ( diminutive of specialty ) Beer is sold by Pilsner under the name Spezli. This usually means that you can, without further demand a beer ( sometimes not even a Spezli ) gets in restaurants, if you order a speci.