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.
There is (was?) a pulp paper planet in Eureka, CA, and the local wags would say that’s how the town got its name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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“Smells like a paycheck” is what we heard around these parts.
Don’t you just hate it when people from different timelines edit the same article?
Maxwell Apartment: Because who can afford a house anymore?
Another assault upon our treasured heritage. Did they learn nothing from the Cracker Barrel thing?
It’s sad when people equate brands and corporations with some kind of “treasured heritage.”
A sad byproduct of consumerism.
Wait. Weren’t you complaining about the assault on our treasured heritage?
No, I didn’t add /s to my post. I’m always forgetting that 