K-fee

K-fee is a brand of beverage, sold by K-fee AG, a company based in Berlin, Germany. The beverage is also sold by K-fee US Inc., the company's U.S. branch in Largo, Florida.

Varieties
K-fee "turbodrink" is an energy drink, designed by Richard Radtke and Huburtus Sprungala in Germany. It has a variety of flavors; such as:
 * Turbodrink (Original)
 * Turbodrink Choco
 * Vanilla

There is also Turbogum, which contains as much caffeine as half a cup of espresso. This gum is toothfriendly, and comes with a sugar-free formula with xylitol.

In January 2006, K-fee released a new brand of their coffee drink called "K-fee to go Latte macchiato" which comes in a plastic bottle and is available in classic and vanilla blend flavors.

K-fee Auto
K-fee television advertisements imitate prank flash animations (also known as screamers) intending to scare the viewer. One such TV ad is known as "K-fee Auto".

The commercial begins with a relaxing scene of a white car driving down a grassy hillside to soothing music. When the car passes behind a large tree, the camera follows. The camera then pans off the tree, but the car is gone. A zombie with a frightening scream then suddenly pops into the scene, scaring the viewer. The commercial fades to black, showing the slogan: "So wach warst du noch nie." (translated "You've never been so awake") and, after a bit, shows the product. In the English version of the ad, the slogan reads "Ever been so wide awake?"

The K-fee website (also in German) presents this and its other similar TV ads.

An alternate ending shows, instead of the product and the slogan, the text: "Now...Go Change Your Shorts And Get Back To Work!" on a black background.

Other K-fee ads
In the normal ads, only the zombie and gargoyle are used. In all of the commercials, the same scream is used.

Commercials featuring the gargoyle:


 * Beach - This depicts two lovers on a beach about to kiss, and just as they do, the gargoyle jumps up screaming from the bottom of the screen, blocking the view.


 * Buddha - This depicts a woman meditating near a Buddha statue, when the gargoyle jumps up screaming. His face is so close to the camera that it is out of focus.


 * Golf - A man is shown golfing from far away, when the gargoyle appears upside-down and screams.


 * Beach 2 - This shows a relaxing scene of a boardwalk near a beach, when the gargoyle appears upside-down and screams.

Commercials featuring the zombie:


 * Fishing - This shows a man fishing, and not long afterwards the zombie appears, curiously not looking directly into the camera as he screams.


 * Yoga - This shows a person practicing yoga on a cliff, when the zombie seemingly appears out of nowhere, screaming. His face is obscured by the dark.


 * Meadow - A view over a field is shown, and the camera stops moving at a certain point. Not long after, the zombie shows up from the left side of the screen and screams.


 * Surfing - This is a far away view of a man going to the ocean to go surfing. Then the zombie appears from the right side of the screen and screams. This also seems to use the same footage of the zombie that's used in K-Fee Auto.

Latte Macchiato Parodies
In January 2006, K-fee released new commercials for their line of Latte macchiato drinks that parodied their own prank flash-style commercials. Using the footage from three of K-fee's most popular commercials (Auto, Beach, and Golf), the company replaced the frightening image of a zombie or gargoyle at the end of the ad with a man in ordinary clothes, a man in a wolf mask, or a man in a bear mascot costume appearing slowly and saying "boo" or "bwa-ha-ha", followed by the text "Jetzt auch mit weniger Koffein" (which translates as "Now with even less caffeine") and an image of a Latte Macchiato bottle.

Auto
The Auto parody begins the same way as the original, showing a relaxing camera shot of a car driving down a hillside. But when the car goes out of view, instead of the scary zombie image, a man in ordinary clothes slowly comes up smiling and says "Boo" in a gentle voice.

Beach
This begins as the original, but as the two people are about to kiss, a puppet bear pops up with a giggle.

Golf
This also uses a different image in the prank flash, as do the others listed above. In this one, a man in a wolf mask is hiding at the bottom of the screen, but the mask ears can be seen. Soon after he pops up with a soft "Bwa ha ha!"