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Camp Coffee
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Camp Coffee has a smooth flavour of chicory and
coffee but with a very sweet, predominantly chicory aftertaste.
Camp Coffee is concentrated
coffee-flavoured syrup, consisting of water, sugar, 4% caffeine-free coffee essence, and 26% chicory essence. It is generally used
as a substitute for coffee, by mixing with warm milk in much the same way as cocoa, or added to cold milk and
ice to make an iced coffee. It is
still a popular ingredient for home bakers making coffee-flavoured cake and
coffee-flavoured butter cream.
It was first produced in
1876 by Paterson & Sons Ltd., in a plant on Charlotte Street, Glasgow.
Almost one hundred years later, in 1974, businessman Dennis Jenks merged his
business with Paterson to form Paterson Jenks plc. In
1984, Paterson Jenks plc was bought by McCormick
& Company. McCormick UK Ltd. assimilated Paterson Jenks plc into the
Schwartz brand.
Legend has it that Camp Coffee was originally developed as a
means of brewing coffee quickly for military purposes. The label is classical
in tone, drawing on the romance of Empire. It includes a drawing
of a Gordon Highlander (allegedly Major General Sir Hector MacDonald) and a Sikh soldier sitting together
outside a tent, from which flies a flag bearing the drink's slogan, "Ready
Aye Ready".
In late
1975, Camp Coffee became a popular alternative to instant coffee in the UK,
after the price of coffee doubled due to shortages caused by heavy frosts in
Brazil.
Goodness! Me! Memories! :).
ReplyDeleteI've just had a look on 'images' of Camp coffee!
The old style glass bottles..
And clicked on to some of the old types on there.
All it comes up with is..'No Longer Available'.
Growing up back in the 50's l do remember, mia Mama
used to buy a bottle..one every week..coffee beans, which we used to buy off of a travelling Italian, were only used on special occasions, Sundays and Christmas..! My Father must have drunk gallons of Camp coffee..! Me! I think l used to clean my football boots with it...! HeHe! :).
Amazing that you can still buy it...!