Golden Drip Coffee Tin, Empire Coffee Co., St. Louis, MO 1910

This is an extremely rare “Golden Dip” brand  coffee tin from the Empire Coffee Company in St. Louis, MO, 1910.  The Empire Coffee Company was only in business a few years in St. Louis. Empire competed against some well known companies such as the David G. Evans Coffee Co, the Jas. H. Forbes Coffee Co., The Steinwender-Stoffregen Coffee Co., the William Schotten Coffee Co., and others in the early 1900’s.