sf > wrote in message >. ..
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:23:12 GMT, "L" >
> wrote:
>
> > 8 O'clock 100% Columbian
>
> That's a new one to me. Does it come in a can?

It's an Eastern brand, headquarters in Maryland, distribution mainly
east of the Mississippi. Biggest mass marketer of coffee in the US. It
was the house brand of A&P since 1859; with the demise of A&P, it is
now independent. Occupies pretty much the same market in the East that
Folger's does in the West. "Bokar" (for Bogota-Cartagena) is a famous
characteristic blend of theirs.

All the 8 O'Clock connoisseurs I know who have come West have
converted quickly and willingly to Folger's, not that Folger's is much
of an improvement.

--
Chris Green