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) – ‘DOUWE EGBERTS TABAKSFABRIEKEN, KOFFIEBRANDERIJEN, THEEHANDEL N.V.’ (1930) C.V. (1942) N.V. (1946) – ‘DOUWE EGBERTS KONINKLIJKE TABAKSFABRIEK, KOFFIEBRANDERIJEN, THEEHANDEL N.V.’ (1953) B.V. (1973) (Sold in 1978)
JOHANNES HESSEL JHcoffee™- JHcafe™
Province Friesland, The Netherlands
Town Joure, province Friesland. The original home town of our Douwe Egberts family coffee roasting tradition since 1753
The old coffee, tea & tobacco company in Joure 1922
Engraved stones in commemoration of our coffee warehouse 1898 at the opening in 1976 of the old ‘Johannes Hessel Pakhuis’ now the Douwe Egberts family coffee museum
Grinding fresh coffee everyday
DOUWE EGBERTS
HEAD OF FAMILY
DIRECT DESCENDANTS
EIGHT GENERATIONS IN THE COFFEE BUSINESS
Douwe Egberts b.1614 (Heerenveen)
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Egbert Douwes b.1637 (Heerenveen)
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Douwe Egberts 1687 – 1727 (Idskenhuizen)
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Egbert Douwes 1723 – 1802 (Idskenhuizen)
Traded coffee from his small store ‘De Witte Os’ in 1753. He built a merchant ship (Kofschip) in 1756 to sail the seas importing colonial goods
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Douwe Egberts 1755 – 1806 (Joure)
Established the coffee, tea and tobacco business
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Hessel Douwes de Jong 1802 – 1855 (Joure)
Developed new coffee roasting facilities
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Johannes Hessel de Jong 1833 – 1883 (Joure) In 1881 a fire destroyed buildings and archives but the coffee business was soon rebuilt
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Cornelis Johannes de Jong 1869 – 1955 (Joure) Known as ‘The second founder of Douwe Egberts BV’
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Johannes Hessel de Jong 1894 – 1968 (Joure)
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Cornelis Johannes de Jong 1924 – 2003 (Joure) Founder ‘Douwe Egberts NV Belgium’
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Johannes Hessel de Jong 1954 (Joure) Founder ‘JOHANNES HESSEL JHcoffee™’
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Johannes Pedro de Jong de Orleans e Bragança 1997 (London)
Stay tuned for our new specialty gourmet coffees
Kofschip 1750
‘De Witte Os’ (right) in the Midstraat, Joure 1800. Today the Museum shop & confectionery
Our family townhouse in 1900 (Pand 99) today the Museum coffee and tea house
Our coffee warehouse (pakhuis) 1898. Today the Museum and Egbert Douweshuske mark our 270 year old Douwe Egberts family coffee history
‘De Witte Os’ where our 270 year old coffee tradition was started by our forefather Douwe Egberts in 1753