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No, this isn't a new thread about THAT Irish coffee. About a month ago I purchased some Johnsons Irel Coffee from the Meijer store where I work. I have drunk a couple of cups, but I am savoring it since it cost $8 for just 1/2 a pound. Also, there seems to be more caffeine in there than a whole case of Mountain Dew! :D Has anyone else heard of this coffee or tried it?

Here's a picture I found on the Johnsons Coffee website.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/Anderpaw/irel4.gif)

I've never heard of it or seen it, but I'm thinking I'd like it.  :D

Never heard of This Irish coffee, but I love THAT OTHER Irish coffee. Wish I had some now, but afraid the PTB would frown on it.

Jim

This export deal has been done with help from "Invest Northern Ireland".
Irel Coffee is the export product of Johnson's of Lisburn, County Antrim.
This is what it looks like at home:
(http://www.johnsonscoffee.com/cmsfiles/images/products/blends/java_s.png)

Quote from http://www.investni.com/ :
"Top Texan grocer opts for Irish coffee:

Irish coffee roaster Johnsons, an Invest NI client company, has won first-time business from one of the leading food retailers in Texas. Johnsons, based at Lisburn, is supplying its distinctive Irel brand of ground coffee to Albertson’s LLC, which has over 100 grocery stores in Texas, mostly in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Texas stores are part of a network of markets across the US run by Iowa headquartered Albertsons LLC.

Johnson’s has been producing the Irel brand of fine ground coffee since 1913 for retail and food service customers in Ireland. The company also recently secured a major food service deal in UK/Ireland to supply coffee to Norfolkline Shipping on all its English Channel and Irish Sea route services, including its café in Dunkirk.

“Gaining a listing from Albertson’s is potentially a very significant deal for us in the world’s biggest and most demanding coffee market,” says Philip Mills, Business Director at Johnson’s.

“We’re not aiming to be the cheapest but are being seen increasingly as the finest. Our grinding process produces a finer coffee, which tends to go further and to offer consumers greater value for money. Albertson’s was impressed by the quality of our ground coffee and the Irish brand image. We are now talking to the grocer about shipper display stands, a presentation tool which appeals to them,” he adds.

Johnson’s Coffee is a family business that began roasting coffee in the early 1900s, long before modern production techniques had been invented.  While roasting is still done by hand, technology has improved efficiencies in the overall production process, however the company holds firm to the original aim – to produce coffees of distinction.  Exports now contribute 25 per cent of the company’s sales."

There can't be a mixture of Irish coffee without water, can there?