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UNCLE HENDRIK'S COFFEE COMPANY
PICTURED ABOVE: Modern-day Kanis and Gunnink Coffee canister
Hendrik Kanis and Franz Gunnink started The Kanis and Gunnink Coffee Company in 1880 in the village of Kampen in the Netherlands. It has been said that Hendrik Kanis was a relative of Johann (John Kanis I), which would make him something like the great, great, great uncle of the fourth generation of the Cincinnati Kanis Family. The company has continued to operate under that same name for nearly 140 years now. However, it was sold out of the family in 1969 to the Dutch food conglomerate Douwe Egberts Food Brands.
-Tom Kanis
LINK: To view a recent Kanis and Gunnink commercial made for Dutch TV click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykR2QTTgIyE