Hey Product Hunt! Thank you @chrismessina for hunting us. For the past year, I've been heads-down building Taika with my co-founder @michael_eyal_sharon. We’re super excited to finally share what we’ve been working on. My background is deep in coffee: I’m a two-time Finnish Barista Champion and was ranked 9th best in the world in 2015. Before Taika, I co-founded Sudden Coffee (YC W17) which makes “instant coffee you’ll actually want to drink”, as NYTimes put it. Both Michael and I love coffee (surprise). Alas, over the past few years caffeine started giving us nasty side effects many people are familiar with: anxiety, jitters, and crashes. Decaf wasn’t the answer: most of the time we wanted some caffeine, but not the side effects. This is when we discovered L-theanine and other adaptogens - natural plant extracts and functional mushrooms - that support the body’s ability to deal with stress. We started researching and experimenting with these compounds. Adaptogens turned out to be a game-changer in balancing the caffeine and reducing the side effects. However, keeping a bunch of random capsules with you and remembering to take them every time you have coffee sucks. We both hate compromising and set out to create a coffee that’s absolutely delicious and perfectly calibrated with the highest quality adaptogens. We’re launching with three flavors, each featuring the same adaptogen blend: - A sugar-free, keto-friendly macadamia latte that tastes like melted coffee ice cream. As far as we know, it's the first macadamia latte on the market. - Oat milk latte which tastes like coffee cereal milk but has no added sugar. - Black coffee - a brilliantly smooth, bold brew, never bitter. Unsweetened and keto-friendly. Taika is currently available in SF, LA, and NYC for 2hr contactless delivery, powered by Postmates. Our motto is for friends, by friends. We think sharing gifts is more fun than discounts. Enter code MYSTERYGIFT at checkout at on our website and we will mail you a fun surprise to go with your coffee 🎁 🔮 What questions can we answer?

Will you offer make-at-home version of Taika? Love my morning routine of making a cup of coffee, and would love trying your coffee 2.0!

Taika is the best coffee in a can/bottle I’ve had. It’s rare that products become an instant favorite for me but this one did. Two of my roommates also started ordering it. Well done!

Love the branding, @kallefreese. What are the nutritional facts? I couldn't find anything on the site.

Hands down the best canned coffee I’ve ever had.

Very interested in this! It reminds me of Soylent's caffeinated option

As a keto advocate, really nice to see no sugar drinks come on the market! This way you can get the beneficial coffee/antioxidants/adaptogens, without all the filler.

Hi! I’m a Taika investor/advisor and I just wanted to share a little about what made me so excited about what they’re doing. It wasn’t just that it tasted amazing (seriously, I’m obsessed with the Macadamia Latte - a phrase I never thought I’d say out loud), or that I liked the stack of adaptogens in there. What struck me was the way they were thinking about how coffee made people feel, about the deeper why of drinking a cup of coffee. Great coffee is, broadly speaking everywhere. However, I think specialty coffee has been obsessed with the journey of the coffee and not the destination of it: how it makes someone feel. There are lots of different reasons to drink coffee and I think Taika have picked a great one and absolutely nailed it. I love having this in my fridge, I love the clarity it brings and that I don’t have to compromise the quality or flavour of what I’m drinking whatsoever. So excited to see them launch, it's been fascinating (and frankly delicious) to see the product evolve in the run up to this. Congrats to the team!

As a beta tester, I've been enjoying the evolution of @kallefreese's new coffee product. It's super smooth and the adaptogens mean I get less of the jitters and don't crash as hard when I indulge in a second round of coffee. The branding is also genius! And I love that you can literally text them to make an order or just shoot the shit: TEXT US “🐬” IF YOU NEED ANYTHING (415) 212 7711

Why does it have a phone number on the can?

Awesome, congrats @kallefreese & team! So, this is a 100% vegan product, right?

Well done Kalle and Michael! Tried out the product last summer. Have the products developed since then and what's next in terms of flavors or "coffee meets x"-combos?

I'm not a coffee person and really want to keep my caffeine levels in control so I've preferred tea for several years. But, I did taste an early version of Taika and was sincerely amazed by the rich macadamia flavor and how good I felt after drinking it. What exactly is the magic behind this?

Whoa -- so exciting to see this on PH. I've ordered so many boxes of this and it is absolutely delicious (I chug the oat milk one). You guys should lean into the "accentuates reality" bit!! I want to text the phone number and play an alternate reality game where the number responds with "Help! I'm a coffee can designer stuck in a factory!!!" :)

?makers Amazing! I tried this coffee at an event and loved it. However, I’m sensitive to caffeine... are there any low caffeine products coming out?

Drinking coffee typically makes me super jittery and unproductive, somehow Taika does the opposite. Serious superpowers in this can...

I've had two cans of Taika today and I feel great. You can't argue with that!

Taika is so magically delicious! Thanks Kal and Michael for bringing this to us! 🙏

Looks awesome! What kind of flavors you offer?

Delicious mental boost throughout day