A new gay coffee company called (drum roll, please) Gay Coffee is making its debut at the Castro Street Fair on Sunday.
The Java Jane behind the business, Melissa Krueger, is rolling out five different blends—Red Hanky Blend, Weekend Pass, Moving In, Good Morning Mary and Stone Butch Breakfast Blend—and will have a photo booth at the fair so attendees can get their picture taken and possibly appear on labels for new roasts.
Krueger has serious coffee credentials, too: She worked the grind at coffee houses throughout college and opened the Elbow Room near Smith College in Northhampton, MA, in 2004. With her partner, Mary, Krueger has traveled to Nicaragua “to meet coffee growers and hear their stories,” as she says. Started this year, Gay Coffee is a niche-market roaster, with high-quality organic beans sourced from Royal Coffee.
And while its branding is clearly lighthearted, it’s definitely not a joke: “I want to take civil rights history and put it on people’s counters,” says Krueger. “It’s not a kitsch thing.” One percent of profits are donated to the LGBT Task Force.
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Source: LeFag.com
Ogre Magi
I hate to think of how Red hanky Blend tastes
the crustybastard
@Ogre Magi:
I thought that was an odd choice too. Nonetheless, I wish them well.
Tair
“Kitsch thing.” One percent…
Dave
Really bad GLBT stereotypes like the one of the lesbian on her “second date” carrying moving boxes and owning cats.
I also don’t want to taste “Red Hanky” at least it’s not Rosebud or Prolapse blend.
Chris
Of course this is a Kitsch thing. Who does she think she’s fooling?
J Quiles
I believe the red hankie might also refer to hoe gay men identified themselves in the early 20th century, like the red tie/bow tie.
ggreen
At $13.00 for 10 ounces she MUST be kidding.
Dave
LMAO no J Quiles, Red Hanky means that they are into fisting.
If it’s on the right like on the package it means the man is a fisting bottom.
J Quiles
@Dave: @Dave:
Hmmm. Guess I didn’t check his bottom oh well guess for light blend it will be called yellow hankie?
jay_max
As much as I think these stereotypes are so 1990s (and so tired), I do wish her well. However, I’ll stick with the beans I buy from Costco.