# Coffee brand from the 60s. Help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476 "2020-10-08T07:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/21 "2020-10-08T18:27:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And you could bake pumpkin bread in those cans. Those metal cans made THE best yarn holders/dispensers for knitting and crocheting. Especially when they had the plastic lids you used after the can was opened. Put your yarn balls in the can, melt a little hole through the plastic lid and thread your yarn out. Kept the cats out of it and reduced tangling to nil. I miss those cans. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/22 "2020-10-08T20:20:44Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Those metal cans made THE best yarn holders/dispensers for knitting and crocheting. Especially when they had the plastic lids you used after the can was opened. Put your yarn balls in the can, melt a little hole through the plastic lid and thread your yarn out. Kept the cats out of it and reduced tangling to nil. I miss those cans.- Alternatively, put the cat in the can with a hole punched in the lid. That also keeps the yarn safe, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/23 "2020-10-08T20:42:38Z")
For certain values of “safe,” sure! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/24 "2020-10-10T02:12:52Z")
Are you sure the can was blue? MJB cans were blue-green or green during that era. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/25 "2020-10-10T03:28:07Z")
Yes. Very positive. It was not MJB either. Thanks all who have tried to help. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/26 "2020-10-11T19:25:35Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > It was not MJB either. > > Thanks all who have tried to help. MJB was my first thought. I have one of their empty cans sitting on an honored shelf. It belonged to my dear, departed sister, and was used for picking blueberries. It still has the string on it for hanging the can around one’s neck to leave both hands free for the picking activity. I remember doing this as far back as I can remember, probably 70 years. This can was the only thing I wanted from my sister’s estate, and her son rescued if for me. Looking at it brings fond memories of epic berry-picking excursions in Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476/28 "2020-10-12T04:33:44Z")
Here are some old blue coffee cans I found online: > **[RARE VINTAGE HI-HO COFFEE TIN CAN | #23174587](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rare-vintage-hi-ho-coffee-tin-can)** > > This is a vintage regular grind Hi-Ho Coffee tin in rare condition. Tin reads VACUUM PACKED Hi -ho coffee NET WT. 1 LB. on front. Back of tin has method for preparing and says Heat-Flo and Vacuum Pack > **[RARE VTG GRIFFINS POLAR BEAR COFFEE TIN CAN MUSKOGEE OK | #135454047](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-griffins-polar-bear-coffee-tin-135454047)** > > This is a Rare Vintage Polar Bear Griffins Coffee Tin Can with the Lid. It is in great condition. It had a key wind top. It is marked on the front Polar Bear Vacuum Packed Coffee. It measures approx. > **[DUNCAN'S ADMIRATION COFFEE TIN CAN OLD UNOPENED HOUSTON TEXAS GENERAL STORE 1...](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/duncans-admiration-coffee-tin-504760982)** > > DUNCAN'S COFFEE TIN CAN - UNOPENED THIS VINTAGE COFFEE TIN CAN WAS NEVER OPENED. THE CAN SITS 3 5/8 INCHES HIGH AND IS 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. MADE BY THE DUNCAN COFFEE CO OF HOUSTON TEXAS. THIS IS AN O > **[Vintage Coffee Can White House Coffee NR | #474506130](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-coffee-white-house-coffee-nr-474506130)** > > nice old White House Coffee can [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476.md?page=1)