# Maxwell House coffee changes name to “Maxwell Apartment” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [October 2, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582 "2025-10-02T01:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/41 "2025-10-03T21:24:01Z")
Maxwell House trivia: it was Tom Petty’s favorite brand. After being served a “perfect cup” of coffee at a roadside diner he asked what kind it was and how it was made. Maxwell House and a Bunn Coffeemaker was the answer. So he went out and bought a Bunn and used Maxwell House from then on. His biographer told the whole story of Petty’s Maxwell House obsession in his [remembrance of Tom in Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/tom-petty-death-biographer-warren-zanes-731414/). ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/42 "2025-10-03T21:32:25Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > And when it blows in the WRONG direction, you’d get a whiff of ye olde paper mill. There is (was?) a pulp paper planet in Eureka, CA, and the local wags would say that’s how the town got its name. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/43 "2025-10-03T21:46:48Z")
Urgh, Union Bag and Paper Co, later Union Camp, Savannah GA. Thank God where we lived the wind almost always blew the other way but when it didn’t it was memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/44 "2025-10-04T10:58:56Z")
Two weeks ago I learned from a trivia contest at work: The “good to the last drop” slogan came from Theodore Roosevelt. Last week I learned because of this thread. The “good to the last drop” slogan probably didn’t come from Theodore Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/45 "2025-10-04T12:43:47Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > So he went out and bought a Bunn and used Maxwell House from then on. > > His biographer told the whole story of Petty’s Maxwell House obsession in his [remembrance of Tom in Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/tom-petty-death-biographer-warren-zanes-731414/) Petty was right. Maxwell House is a very good breakfast blend. I remember seeing that blue can on the shelf of family diners. There are times when I want a darker roast. I rarely don’t want it first thing in the morning. I used to experiment with various roasts. Sometimes mixing from several cans. I’m older now and my GERD limits what I can tolerate. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/46 "2025-10-04T13:58:17Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Last week I learned because of this thread. The “good to the last drop” slogan probably didn’t come from Theodore Roosevelt. Where did you see that in this thread? I just reread the whole thing and find no such assertion or cite. Not trying to be argumentative; I’m genuinely curious about the question of where the slogan really came from. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/47 "2025-10-04T18:02:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Where did you see that in this thread? I just reread the whole thing and find no such assertion or cite. Sorry.. When I said “because of this thread” I didn’t mean it was within the thread (but I thought it was mentioned). I was looking at Wikipedia and now I see conflicting information there. One place it has that “Maxwell House distanced itself from that 1930s advertising claim”. Another place has: “The veracity of the Roosevelt connection to the phrase has never been historically established”. And yet another place has: “The Maxwell House Company claimed in its advertising that the Roosevelt story was true”. So, now I don’t know. “ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/48 "2025-10-04T18:32:18Z")
“Smells like a paycheck” is what we heard around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/49 "2025-10-04T19:19:31Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I was looking at Wikipedia and now I see conflicting information there. One place it has that “Maxwell House distanced itself from that 1930s advertising claim”. Another place has: “The veracity of the Roosevelt connection to the phrase has never been historically established”. And yet another place has: “The Maxwell House Company claimed in its advertising that the Roosevelt story was true”. Don’t you just hate it when people from different timelines edit the same article? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/50 "2025-10-04T21:17:34Z")
Maxwell Apartment: Because who can afford a house anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/51 "2025-10-05T17:03:08Z")
Another assault upon our treasured heritage. Did they learn nothing from the Cracker Barrel thing? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/52 "2025-10-05T17:35:02Z")
It’s sad when people equate brands and corporations with some kind of “treasured heritage.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/53 "2025-10-05T17:53:54Z")
A sad byproduct of consumerism. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/54 "2025-10-05T18:35:33Z")
Wait. Weren’t you complaining about the assault on our treasured heritage? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582/55 "2025-10-05T19:18:54Z")
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