The Oldest Coffee Company In The US Has Been Fueling Americans For Nearly 2 Centuries
Gillies Coffee began as a small business in New York, New York. The company founder, Wright Gillies, left his small hometown of Newburgh, New York, in search of economic opportunities and started work in a NYC tea shop as a teenager in 1838. After learning the basics of the business, he struck out on his own and started a tea and coffee company in 1840.
The Oldest Coffee Company In The US Isn't Maxwell House
Founded by Wright Gillies, the son of Scottish immigrants who settled in Newburgh, New York, Gillies Coffee has been in business longer than any other coffee company in the country. Given that it quickly expanded after only three years in business, it would seem it was popular from the start.
