Bill and Beverly Jahn are the founders of Black Scottie Chai. They are a personal and professional team bursting with creativity and a strong sense of faith that guides their life journey. In the beginning Bill had a passion for gourmet frozen soft serve and beverage products. Divinely gifted with a discerning palate he began producing a line of high-end smoothie mixes embracing real fruit purees under the brand name Granelli Ice in the early 90’s. As the company grew Beverly’s obsession for design and old world imagery and her love of Scottish terriers shaped what the brand is today.

Her love of Scottish terrier’s started as a child and she dreamed of having one of her own. That dream was fulfilled in 1997 when the whole family went out and picked a little black female Scottish Terrier and named her Mandy Rose of Cuillin Spires. She was cut from a tartan cloth, strong willed, stubborn and adorable. Mandy loved digging for rocks, burying garden tools and running with Bill and Beverly’s three sons Justin, Matthew and Tyler. Our hearts were broken when Mandy passed away in January of 2011. After almost two years of Mandys place remaining vacant Beverly decided it was time to look for a new Scottie. Already having a name picked out Beverly, Bill and Tyler went to view a litter of pups, one curious little pup ran up and untied Beverly’s shoe. At that moment Basil had found her.

Basil became the reigning mascot over Black Scottie Chai. He was cut from a royal cloth, beautiful loving and full of joy. Basil was everyone’s friend, he loved life and spread that joy to all who met him. He was gold. What a wonderful journey it was with Basil, and with great joy came great sorrow. We lost him to cancer on January 31st, 2020. Though Basil passed away before his time his spirit lives on through Black Scottie Chai, spreading joy to many with every smile we put on people’s faces from the products we make. 

In 2017 Bill and Beverly’s son Tyler stepped onto the scene to help spread that joy. A natural at sales he set out to get people to taste Black Scottie Chai across the country. Knowing that if he could get them to taste it they would love it. That rather simple plan worked and Black Scottie Chai has not looked back.

Our company has gone through a few changes over the years from a provider of smoothie mixes to now making the best chai on the market today. But one thing has never changed regardless if we have, and that is our unrelenting pursuit to give you the highest quality products we can make, using the best ingredients to give you something we are truly proud of.