Banquet Brand Tea
Reading edition
In this big drum all the dust and foreign matter is removed from Banquet Tea.
It’s a vacuum process, and it acts in such a way as to thoroughly mix and blend the Teas when two or more are worked together.
Vacuum Tea Cleaner
There are few Tea houses similarly equipped. Among the 2000 flavors in Tea, the problem of selection and combining is big. It takes expert knowledge to produce a Tea like Banquet Blend. Four successive generations of Tea experts produced the man who weened Banquet Blend from among the many flavors.
Teas from the highlands of Ceylon, from the interior of China and from the hillsides of Japan—all blended in one masterful creation—the triumph of the tea-blender’s art.
In Banquet Blend there is a delicacy of flavor, a richness of bouquet, a certain subtle softness, and none of that rankness which is found in so many brands of tea.
Bee Brand Extracts
There are few houses engaged in the manufacture of Flavoring extracts which have at their disposal a laboratory such as this.
Early in their business career McCormick & Company realized that eternal vigilance in extract making would be the keynote of success.
A Corner of the Laboratory
The services of expert chemists were engaged, a modern laboratory equipped and the work of producing the world’s finest flavors begun. The task was not easy, nor has the expense been light, but 30 today, and for a number of years past, these pioneers in the field of purer foodstuffs have been reaping the harvest of seed sown years ago.
During the two years which are required to “process” most Bee Brand Flavoring Extracts the goods are sealed in big white oak casks, where much of their characteristic mellowness is acquired.
Percolating Vanilla
The making of Flavoring Extracts has long since been reduced to a science, or, if you prefer, elevated to the station of an art. For twenty-five years the manufacturers of Bee Brand Flavoring Extracts have been the first to experiment with whatever innovations which have offered for the betterment of the trade. In spite of many experiments, the changes have not been drastic—the process remains much the same.
Bee Brand Spices
The rows of spice-mills, illustrated on page 5, are always of interest to the guest. Long before one comes to the spice department the fragrant, pungent aroma drifts out in friendly greeting. Big electrically-driven mills pound away hour after hour, day after day, turning out savory Bee Brand Spices to tempt the fickle appetite of a busy work-a-day world.
In this building one finds the products of the four corners of the globe. It is, indeed, easy to understand Sheba’s tribute to Solomon when she selected spices from among all the good things the world affords and sent them to his court.
Here is the atmosphere of the Old World mingled with the commercialism of the New.
A cordial invitation is extended you to visit the Bee Brand Plant when you are in Baltimore. Courteous guides are at your disposal from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. each day. Every nook and corner of this great institution is open for your inspection—there is nothing under cover, nothing to conceal.
The management wants you personally to see the sanitary manner in which the plant is run—the smiling faces of contented employees, who find their pleasure in their work. No note of discord here! Occasionally a “kicker” drifts in, but not for long. He has no place in “the spirit of the hive.”
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Telephone Connections.
THE INTERNATIONAL MUTUAL COOKS AND PASTRY COOKS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 154 WEST 44TH STREET
Societe Culinaire Philanthropique Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association Culinary Alimentary Association Culinary Club International Cooks Association
New York. June 11, 1914.
Mess. McCormick and Co. Baltimore, Maryland. Gentlemen:—
To obtain the best results, we use and recommend for use “BEE BRAND EXTRACT OF VANILLA.” We find it an excellent Vanilla of a superior quality.
THE INTERNATIONAL MUTUAL COOKS AND PASTRY COOKS ASSOCIATION per Adolphus Meyer Secretary
That’s What 6000 Chefs and Stewards Say!
These chefs and stewards are members of the International Mutual Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association, and they have unreservedly endorsed Bee Brand Flavoring Extracts as the highest in quality.
They don’t guess at it—they know! They have tried and tested them in comparison with all other brands of extracts worthy of any consideration at all. There was only one possible verdict! Bee Brand was found superior in mellowness of flavor, in quality of ingredients; in fact, in every way.
In the kitchen, Bee Brand Extracts were found to cook out less readily than any other extract and to impart a finer fruit flavor than could be secured in any other way.
This is as it should be. Bee Brand Extracts are the perfected result of twenty-five years’ experience in scientific Extract Making. The highest quality raw materials are used exclusively and after intensive processing, Bee Brand Extracts are aged in white oak casks to bring out their distinctive mellowness of flavor.
Bee Brand Extracts were awarded the only Gold Medal at the Jamestown Exposition and have been endorsed by “Good Housekeeping Magazine,” Westfield Board of Health and the highest authorities in Domestic Science.
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A Partial List of Bee Brand Products
Spices, Etc.
Bee Brand Powdered Cinnamon Bee Brand Saigon Cinnamon Bee Brand Ground Nutmegs Bee Brand Ground Ginger Bee Brand Ground Allspice Bee Brand Pickling Spice Bee Brand Whole Cloves Bee Brand Ground Cloves Bee Brand Ground Mace Bee Brand Turmeric Bee Brand Whole White Pepper Bee Brand Ground White Pepper Bee Brand Ground Black Pepper Bee Brand Ground Red Pepper Bee Brand Ground Mustard Bee Brand Celery Seed Bee Brand Celery Salt Bee Brand Onion Salt Bee Brand Curry Powder Bee Brand Rubbed Sage Bee Brand Thyme Bee Brand Marjoram Bee Brand Tapioca, Granulated Bee Brand Paprika Bee Brand Tapioca, Pearl Green Seal Salad Dressing Green Seal Table Relish Bee Brand Gelatine McCormick’s Mayonnaise Dressing
Flavoring Extracts
Bee Brand Almond Bee Brand Banana Bee Brand Cinnamon Bee Brand Cloves Bee Brand Jamaica Ginger Bee Brand Lemon Bee Brand Nutmeg Bee Brand Orange Bee Brand Peppermint Bee Brand Peach Bee Brand Pineapple Bee Brand Raspberry Bee Brand Strawberry Bee Brand Rose Bee Brand Vanilla Bee Brand Wintergreen
Confectioner’s Colors
Bee Brand Green Bee Brand Blue Bee Brand Yellow Bee Brand Strawberry Red Bee Brand Pink Bee Brand Violet Bee Brand Brown
Banquet Brand Tea
All the leading varieties are packed under this brand.
Bee Brand Gelatine Acidulated or Plain
This is the Gelatine which Dr. Vulté selected from among twenty samples submitted as being the very finest possible to procure.
The Dietetic Department of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, uses Bee Brand exclusively.
