Machwitz Kaffee

Machwitz Kaffee (German pronunciation: [ˈmaxvɪts kaˈfeː]) is a German family-owned coffee roaster and retailer from Hanover, Germany. Founded in Gdańsk in 1883 as a consumer goods store, the headquarters moved to Hanover in 1919 and began specialising in coffee. The company was purchased by Walter Koch (1911–1998) in 1948, and has remained in the family's ownership ever since. From 1952 to 1956, Walter Koch was a member of the Hanover City Council, representing the Deutsche Partei (German Party), a national-conservative and monarchist political party which appealed to sentiments of German nationalism and nostalgia for the German Empire. In 1958, he bought and restored the 16th-century Hehlen moated castle, which remains in the family's ownership to this day.