Faust Blend Coffee

Category
Additional Images
Sub Categories
Text on Button BLANKE'S FAUST BLEND COFFEE
Image Description

Illustration of a person in a pink suite with cape, white boots and green shorts on a white background with black text

Back Paper / Back Info

Baldwin &Gleason Co., Ltd. NEW YORK BUTTONS BADGES PAT.  AUG 8 1899

Back Style
The Shape
The Size
The Manufacturer
Additional Information

The C.F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Company was founded by Cyrus F. Blanke in St. Louis, Missouri and operated from 1889-1940. The mascot for the company was a devil based on a character in a German play, Faust, in which a devil tempts the main character with unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Ergo, the company trademarked a devil character to tempt consumers to purchase their rich coffee blends.

Sources

The Antique Advertising Expert. (n.d.). The devil made me drink it! Faust Coffee stirs up temptation. Retrieved from http://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/the-devil-made-me-drink-it-faus…

Catalog ID AD0563