State House Coffee

State House Coffee was a brand of coffee roasted and distributed throughout New England by Bunker Hill Coffee Mills located at Charlestown in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

The State House Coffee brand was introduced in 1896 and was packaged in half, one pound, and two pound tins. The original trade dress featured an illustration of the Massachusetts State House. This was replaced by a new printed label with a photograph of the Vermont State House in 1904. The brand was distributed by Bunker Hill Coffee Mills along with their other product, a coffee substitute called Old Grist Mill Entire Wheat Coffee. Bunker Hill Coffee Mills withdrew the State House Coffee brand in the late-1930s.

The Charlestown Historical Society has a collection of State House Coffee and Old Grist Mill Entire Wheat Coffee packaging.

External links

* [http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~rauch/charlestown/postcards/all.html View of Bunker Hill Coffee Mills, manufacturer of State House Coffee]