Elite Rebrands Turkish Coffee to ‘Victory Coffee’

You spread a table for me in full view of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my drink is abundant.

Psalms

23:

5

(the israel bible)

December 26, 2023

2 min read

Elite Coffee (Photo via Twitter)

The Strauss Company, which owns the Elite brand coffee, announced on Monday that it will release a new line of coffee, replacing the packaging of its popular Turkish coffee due to public disapproval of Turkey’s support for Hamas. The new packaging will feature patriotic slogans.

β€œDemand for coffee has been high since the start of the war,” Ynet news quoted Strauss Israel Coffee CEO Avi Laufer as saying.  He emphasized that despite its moniker, the coffee is consumed around the world and is not produced in Turkey

β€œThere were posts that asked us to change the name to β€˜Israeli coffee’ because of the calls to boycott products from Turkey. We wanted to clarify that there’s no connection between [our] Turkish coffee and Turkey. The coffee beans come from coffee-producing nations like Brazil, Vietnam and Ethiopia. There’s no coffee coming from Turkey,” Laufer was quoted as saying. β€œSo why the name? It’s the signature fine grind that’s used in Turkey and Greece.”

β€œTurkish Coffee is part of many very Israeli moments. It is much more than just a cup of coffee; it is our unity and our love for the land,” said Strauss Coffee Israel Vice President of Marketing Ofri Shabo.

β€œTo strengthen our soldiers, we decided to update the packaging during the war and to put out a line of mottos with messages of unity, hope, and belief in the justness of our path,” Shabo added.

The slogans include Hebrew-language phrases such as: β€œAm Israel Chai” (the People of Israel Live), β€œVictory Generation”, β€œWe Have No Other Homeland,” and β€œStrong Together.”

Strauss Group said it β€œdecided to enlist the coffee that is so loved by [Israeli] soldiers” to launch the new packaging.

β€œThis coffee is in almost every home [and] with our soldiers in Gaza, who send us photos of them drinking coffee. We said we’ll use phrases to replace the name and show how Israeli the product is,” Laufer was quoted as saying.

Israel is not the only country with this wartime sensitivity. In 2003, a trend developed in the US, renaming french fries to Freedom Fries. This was a response to France objecting to the US-led invasion of Iraq after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. 

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