FAMOUS COFFEE DRINKERS FROM POP CULTURES

Many of us love coffee, so an interesting compilation for all such people!

The Java Man Stan McNer

This MadTV character (circa 2000) was played wonderfully by Pat Kilbane.

The Java man wasn’t exactly the best representative of coffee lovers but he was still quite funny with his bugged out eyes and constant chatter. Stan kept trying to kick his coffee habit but he couldn’t say no to those lovely beans.

The Taster’s Choice Couple

During the 1990s, Taster’s Choice Coffee ran a series of commercial spot that follow the romantic encounters of a man and a woman that share a love of Taster’s Choice.

The commercials borrowed heavily from the soap opera genre and forced viewers to tune in to the next commercial to see what would happen with these new lovers. The ads even spawned a 300-page paperback novel by mystery writer Susan Moody.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach is the only real reason person on the list and likely one of coffee’s biggest fans.

He even wrote a musical composition to praise his beloved drink called the Coffee Cantata. With lines like, “If I can’t drink my bowl of coffee three times daily, then in my torment, I will shrivel up like a piece of roast goat.”

The lesson for all you non-coffee drinkers is that you may “shrivel up like a piece of a roast goat” if you don’t drink coffee.

Friends

We’re not sure who liked coffee more: Joey, Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Ross, or Phoebe.

Maybe it was Gunther, the manager of the Central Perk coffee shop.

It’s hard to say but it seems like every character in the show enjoyed coffee to some extent. There aren’t many – if any – episodes that don’t have at least one scene at the Central Perk with one of the characters enjoying a warm cup of coffee.

Juan Valdez

This fictional character has become a coffee icon as well an icon of Columbia. First introduced in 1959, Juan Valdez (and his mule) have become frequently mimicked and parodied in pop culture.

During the U.S. Advertising Week in 2005, Juan beat out Ronald MacDonald, Geico the Gecko, the Double Mint Twins, and the Energizer Bunny to be named the most important advertising icon in America. That is some stiff competition for this mustached coffee man.