'Juan Valdez' Colombian Coffee Commercial (1975)

Norman Rose, announcer.

Seeing this commercial again takes me back to my childhood.

Fun fact: Master Sergeant Juan Jose Valdez was the last Marine to board the last helicopter to leave the roof of the U.S. Embassy two hours before Saigon surrendered on 30 April 1975. Valdez enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1955 and served a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1965 through 1967.

Also, Kissinger was on his way to a formal party at the White House with Ford when they were informed that the Marine embassy cadre had yet to be airlifted out of the soon to be overrun embassy compound. Relief ships were already out chop to Subic. Valdez and his Marines barely made it out alive.

As for the Columbian bean picker, marketing or coincidence on the name. You make the call.

My favorite coffee. I drink it everyday. I bring it to work with me