Café HAG
Café HAG is a worldwide brand of decaffeinated coffee currently owned by JDE Peet's.[1]
History
Café HAG was founded in Bremen in 1906 as Kaffee-Handels-Aktiengesellschaft (Coffee Trading Limited). The company's founder was Ludwig Roselius, who codeveloped the first commercial decaffeination process. Alfred Runge and Eduard Scotland designed posters[2] and packaging, and are credited with designs that defined the company.
In the 1920s and 1930s the company was known for the publication of the Café HAG albums of heraldic emblems.
The coffee brand Sanka spun off from Café HAG in 1910[3] for the French market ("Sanka" is a contraction of sans caféine), and American rights to the Sanka name were sold in 1913.
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Café HAG TV adverts were popular in the 1980s; in particular the character Klaus (played by Roger Callister) became something of a cult figure among advertisement aficionados.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Caffe Hag". jacobsdouweegberts.com. JDE. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Kaffee Hag". invaluable.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Kellogg Acquires Kaffee Hag Firm". The Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Fla. 4 February 1928. p. 3A.
- ISBN 978-0-465-02404-9
- ^ TV Cream. 2009.
External links
Media related to Coffee Hag at Wikimedia Commons