Abandoned JSP factory in Tenerife: nostalgia for the past production of Millac and Oris
Blogger Ratatour explored the abandoned JSP factory in Tenerife, once a well-known producer of Millac milk and JSP coffee, where time seems to have stopped after bankruptcy, leaving behind memories of the company's golden age.
Do you remember Millac milk, Oris cocktails, or JSP coffee? If you're from Tenerife, you probably do! Blogger Ratatour visited the former José Sánchez Peñate Sociedad Anónima factory, known to everyone as JSP.
The factory closed about a year ago when the company went bankrupt, leaving over a thousand people unemployed. But inside, everything seems frozen in time.
Previously, there were four floors and a roof where the workers' children played football and tennis. Now, the video shows that everything is in place in the offices, warehouses, and workshops, as if they will start working again tomorrow.
Ricardo, the author of the blog, was most impressed by the apartments right in the factory. Workers from other islands or those who needed to stay overnight lived there. The apartments had a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom – the company took care of its people!
Together with a former employee, Ratatour found old advertising brochures, product samples, and photographs. Millac milk, JSP coffee, Excelsior, Oris cocktails, Alondra milk – these brands are known to everyone in the Canary Islands! They also found bags of raw materials from Uganda, Honduras, and Indonesia – it's clear that the production was large-scale.
In the safes were accounting documents from the 80s, old computers, and in the medical center – medicines and uniforms. The workshops where coffee was roasted, pipes, and equipment have been preserved. It feels like stepping into the golden age of the company.
There is a sense of nostalgia in the video. Everything is in place: furniture, 70s refrigerators, cups, and photographs of the founder and employees. "Time seems to have stopped," say the channel's authors, "it seems that everything could still be working."
The conclusion is simple: the factory is a museum of the industrial history of the Canary Islands. The history, work, and memories of generations who grew up on JSP products are intertwined here. Nostalgia and curiosity live in every corner: from warehouses to apartments and the playground on the roof. And of course, before leaving, they "clocked out" as in the good old days.