Description: Our Douwe Egberts family origins date back to as early as 1614 when our forefather Douwe Egberts was born in Heerenveen in the Province of Friesland, The Netherlands. Our oldest coffee tradition began with our forefather Douwe Egberts in 1753 in a small store ‘De Witte Os’ in the “vlecke Joure”, Friesland.Businesses and Companies founded: […]
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Our Douwe Egberts family origins date back to as early as 1614 when our forefather Douwe Egberts was born in Heerenveen in the Province of Friesland, The Netherlands. Our oldest coffee tradition began with our forefather Douwe Egberts in 1753 in a small store 'De Witte Os' in the "vlecke Joure", Friesland. Businesses and Companies founded: 'DE WITTE OS' (1753) - 'WEDUWE DOUWE EGBERTS' (1806) - 'FIRMA WEDUWE DOUWE EGBERTS' (1833) - 'FIRMA WEDUWE DOUWE EGBERTSZOON' (1845) - 'N.V. HANDELSONDERNEMING' (1919) -
Town Joure, Province Friesland 1753. The original home town of our Douwe Egberts coffee roasting family tradition
The old coffee, tea & tobacco company, Joure in 1922