Water. Coffee. Time. It’s those three special ingredients that went into making the traditional cup of American coffee. In case you missed that, let me remind you: It’s water, coffee, and time. Don Draper had nothing to do with this 13-minute, nostalgia-inducing infomercial from 1961. Rather, it’s the work of the Coffee Brewing Institute, which turned the art of making coffee into a dismal science — that is, until glorious Peet’s came around. This clip permanently resides in the Prelinger Archive, and comes to us via The Atlantic.
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Remember: coffee, water AND time!
Absolute classic! I love this vid, very kitsch, very cool. Why don’t we make films like this anymore?!
Great retro video. Shows how times have changed, Notice that a few of the shots show cigars and cigarettes, don’t see that anymore….and I prefer mine percolated and it was hard to find a percolator these days. Thanks for posting.
Awesome video. Have you guys tried organo gold coffee?? http://mycapturepage.com/cp23.php?id=470