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^ 'Glasgow coffee supplier Matthew Algie sold to Tchibo'.

In 2016 it was sold to Tchibo with the intention to retain the brand and possibly expand it into Tchibo's existing markets in central Europe. In 2010 the company underwent its biggest rebranding exercise to date. The David Williamson Rwanda Foundation was set up in DavidвЂ™s memory. In 1997 Matthew Algie introduced the UKвЂ™s first Fairtrade espresso beans, followed in 2004 by the worldвЂ™s first triple-certified espresso ( Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic)In 2008, David Williamson died unexpectedly at the age of 42. In 1995, Managing Director, David Williamson, a descendant of Matthew Algie, visited Portland Oregon and returned to restructure the company with a view to driving the espresso revolution in the UK. In 1989 the company introduced the first espresso machine to its range. In the 1980s the business went through a period of rapid expansion, going UK-wide and adding bulk-brew coffee machines for the catering sector to their portfolio. In 1974 вЂњAlgieвЂ™sвЂќ began selling coffee machines for offices, restaurants and hotels, replacing instant coffee with roast and ground coffee.

In 1950 the company, then known as AlgieвЂ™s, started selling coffee to post-war Glasgow, along with vending services. For around 80 years, and through two World Wars, the business sold tea and spices to retailers in the Glasgow area. He established Matthew Algie the tea blending and wholesaling business in 1864. Matthew Algie (born 1814 in Greenock, Scotland, died 1906) was a grocer who sold tea that had been imported to Scotland on the Clyde Clippers. Products include tea (Suki tea, loose leaf tea and Pavilion Garden) hot chocolate (Chocolate Abyss), syrups (Da Vinci) biscuits and cookies (Wooden Spoon and The Fine Cookie Co) and a wide range of barista equipment and coffee bar hardware. Espresso Warehouse products are sold to coffee retailers in the UK and Ireland as well as through distributors in Europe. In 1997 Matthew Algie launched Espresso Warehouse (with the strapline вЂEverything but the CoffeeвЂ™) to support the growing wave of independent coffee bars. Matthew Algie sells both filter and espresso coffees, including three triple certified espresso coffees ( Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic) and the Freshly Roasted espresso range, with the promise of being delivered to customers within 7 days of roasting.

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Matthew Algie uses traditional Probat drum roasting with advanced software and is thought to be the only coffee roaster to use cryogenics to produce its ground coffee. The remainder of its green coffee comes from independent coffee farmers, with whom the company has direct trading relationships.

The company has contributed over $3miilion (US) to community and farm projects through Fairtrade levies to date. Around 90% of Matthew AlgieвЂ™s green coffee comes from Fairtrade co-operatives.