Readers' Comments re: Gillies Coffee Company's legal battle over coffee aroma

Robert's Note: The following letters to the mayor of New York and comments were sent in response to the article you may find by scrolling down or clicking Gillies Coffee article

Dear Mr. Mayor,

Via an online coffee journal, Badgett's, I have learned that your wonderful city is involved in a legal dispute with Gillies Coffee Company, which has been accused by the city's DEP of polluting the air with the smell of coffee. Please tell me this is not so, as it seems impossible to believe a city of New York's stature could undertake an action that appears to be so absurd. It is my understanding that Gillies is considering leaving the city. This would be a terrible loss for both New York and Gillies, but I would like to invite America's oldest coffee merchant to relocate in South Jersey. I believe Haddon Heights has the perfect spot for their facility, and the smell of roasting coffee surely beats the smell of exhaust from SUVs.

Yours truly,
Andrea S.A. Wyman
Melitta USA
Cherry Hill, NJ

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Mr Mayor, will all due respect, I ask you to please overturn ECB NOV 00152932K on the basis of being the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard.

I went to school in NYC and was always fascinated by the exquisite mix of aromas found on the streets of NY, a direct reflection of its varied ethnicity and cosmopolitan character. Don't throw that away. Your city represents the world and if the aroma of coffee is banned, what will be next? Bakeries? Fruit shops?

What is the point? To make NYC look/smell like strawberries? Like a suburban shopping mall?

I hope to hear from you soon,


Saludos,

Matias Zeledon, Director
Down to Earth: Started by Mother Nature, finished by hand

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Robert, I just read your article and am aghast! What will they protest next, the fragrance of the flowers and trees in central park? I live in Idaho, but I believe coffee to be one of the more pleasant aromas to be found in New York. -This person chose not to complain about the trash in dumpsters, exhaust fumes, fisheries, homeless peoples' "restroom" choices? They choose to complain about coffee?! I'll admit, that the cup I spilled in my car last week is less than pleasant, but this person has to be sporting some hidden agenda to protest the smell of coffee. Discovering the root of that agenda should prove to be the end of this ridiculous charge. -Oh, wait, I know, why don't we take a poll about the offensive nature of this odor: ---"All in favor. . . . "
End of story.

-Just a few cents from the nation's largest licensor of gourmet coffee shops,
Moxie Java International, LLC

Brewingly,
Shari Wonders, Director of Sales and Marketing