No one can ever accuse Scott Patterson of not getting into his roles.
The ‘Gilmore girls’ star (a.k.a. Luke Danes to all you Gillies) has for 7.5 seasons supplied everyone’s favourite mother/daughter pair with all the coffee their hearts can handle as the proprietor of Stars Hollow’s modest — yet consistently busy — diner. After serving up all that java, Patterson must think himself a bit of a connoisseur, which is why he is launching his own line of coffee called Scotty P’s Big Mug Coffee. Catchy, right?
“We’re almost ready to launch,” he revealed on WealthManagement.com, “but we want to have our ducks in a row before we come out with it. Quality coffee is something that I am obsessed with. It’s the thing I look forward to every morning and throughout the day and throughout the evening and now throughout the middle of the night.”
Sounds to us like a bit of Lorelai Gilmore has rubbed off on our Luke. No word yet on when the coffee will be available for purchase nor whether it will be available in Canada.
Fans will recall the frenzy the Luke’s Diner popup cafes caused when they, er… popped up to promote Netflix’s 2016 release, “Gilmore girls: A Year in the Life” last year, so those loyal to the brand will undoubtedly throw their support Patterson’s way and sample his new brew. They can then continue the theme and skip right over dinner to dessert:
Another food item that served as a “Year in the Life” promo (though not officially) was this coffee-flavoured chocolate pudding ice cream (with Pop Tart sprinkles, natch), “They Scoop Gilmores, Don’t They?” Named after the season-three episode, “They Shoot Gilmores, Don’t They?” (itself a reference to the 1969 film, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They”). Brought to you by the Brooklyn-based Ample Hills Creamery, the ice cream, sadly, is no longer available (unless collectors want to scour eBay for a tub).
Clearly if Gillies can’t be sated with new episodes of the beloved show, they can be sated with delicious food and drink.
