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According to Maxwell House lore, President Theodore Roosevelt was visiting Andrew Jackson at Jacksonâs estate, The Hermitage, on October 21, 1907. During this visit, he was served Maxwell House coffee, and he reportedly said that it was âgood to the last drop.â Owners Leon T. Cheek and John Neal heard President Rooseveltâs bold statement, and they adopted it as their corporate slogan. Itâs a nice story, but itâs one that has never been historically proven.
In 1886, Joel Cheek designed and introduces a superior coffee blend and marketed it through Nashvilleâs ritziest hotel, the Maxwell House. 7 US Presidents stayed at the Maxwell House and Theodore Roosevelt, while visiting the Hermitage, Andrew Jacksonâs estate, in 1907, was so impressed with the blend he coined the term, âGood to the Last Dropâ. Who is to argue with a President. It soon became the brandâs slogan which launched the promotion of the Nationâs first blended coffee. In 1928, Postum (now General Foods) purchased Maxwell House's parent company, Cheek-Neal Coffee, for more than $40 million. And that my friends, is my 2ï¿ âs worth for today.