Gillies Coffee… now with more bits!
Posted by deCadmus on 24 Aug 2004 at 9:50 pm | Category: Coffee
I just have to break my self-imposed Silence of the LANs to note that Gillies coffee —the oldest continuously operated coffee company in these here United States— has just launched a new web site. [Woot!]
Don Schoenholt, Gillies’ proprietor, is a genuine coffeeman… having learned the trade at his papa’s knee. He’s also one of specialty coffee’s luminaries and a genuinely swell guy all ’round.
The web geek within finds it deeply satisfying that this grand old company is gettin’ thoroughly digitized. So go visit and buy something, already!
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When I see you and Fortune pushing Gillies a lot I remember the 1 and only bag of Gillies I ever had, after a taste of it brewed went straight into the trash due to its lack of both aroma and taste.
When I complained about the quality to the supplier I was told that coffee was “a subjective appreciation”.
I guess Don may have my best interests at heart and history to back him up but I’m afraid it did not translate into the cup from that bag. Why would I try again, we already know that I don’t ‘appreciate’ in the right way? Call me insulted and pissed-off? Yes. Shame is that Don probably doesn’t even know this happened even though he ought to claim responsibility.
Love the history but sorry, did not translate into the cup.
Just checked out your greenmtn redux: it’s looking a lot better, with some beautiful new features.
I’m going through pains of designing for coffee companies too; this one for a local machine retailer in Saskatoon… it needs a little refining, but it’s on its way: www.espressomacchina.ca
Cheers,
Jimmy
Great site, thank you!
You may also want to check out VolcanciaCoffee.com that also recently launched their web site. They carry everyone’s favorite gourmet coffee beans include Costa Rican Tarrazu, Kona and Jamaica Blue Mountain.
Site stinks