Kafi Fertig
Also Kafi Luz, Luzerner Kafi, Kafi Schnaps
Central Switzerland's coffee with schnapps: weak sweetened coffee and fruit brandy in a stemmed glass.
With spiritsServed hotFrom Switzerland
- Volume
- 160ml5.4 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 48mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Serving glass200 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Weak hot coffee120 ml75%
- Syrup10 ml6%
- Spirit30 ml19%
- Volume
- 160ml
- Caffeine
- 48mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Weak sweet coffee with a generous measure of fruit brandy, served in a stemmed glass.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 160 ml kafi fertig
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 120 ml. The coffee is brewed weak, so the true figure is likely lower.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountNo allowed-source record; the saying that the coffee should be thin enough to see a coin through is a popular account.
Central Switzerland (popular account).
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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