Embarcadero – Hills Brothers Coffee Drinker

 Posted by on January 23, 2000
Jan 232000
 
2 Harrison Street
The Embarcadero
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This is the Hills Brothers Coffee Drinker.  He is located at 2 Harrison  Street in the plaza of the original Hills Brothers Coffee Building.  This sculpture was created by a dear friend of mine Spero Anargyros. (1915- 2004)  Spero finished this sculpture in 1992.  It is a 9′ tall bronze beauty.

The “drinking man” or “Taster” was designed by a San Francisco artist named Briggs, in celebration of vacuum packing. It is said that the original was a tribute to the Ethiopian roots of the coffee itself.  After gracing  the first vacuum packed can, the Taster remained the company logo for many years.  Folgers, an original San Francisco company is now part of the  Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA brand of companies.

2 Harrison is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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