MJB Coffee is an American brand of coffee that is owned by Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA.[1]
History
After the California Gold Rush, San Francisco became a center of coffee importing and roasting in the western United States, spawning such future industry giants as Folgers Coffee and Hills Brothers Coffee.
In 1881 Max J. Brandenstein (1860-1925),[2] son of tobacco wholesaler Joseph Brandenstein, began roasting coffee in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1899 he established a tea, spice and coffee import business in his name that took over his brand with the assistance of brothers Mannie, Charlie, and Eddie. The firm's name was later changed to the MJB Co.[3] to minimize sibling rivalry and disguise their German-Jewish origins.[4]