H and H Coffee

Dedicated to the history of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. founded 1899 in San Antonio, Texas.

208 East Commerce Street

San Antonio, Texas. Earliest H&H-attributed San Antonio address — recorded on the companies hub as “Street address in 1908” for the Hoffmann coffee business (predating the 1912 Hoffmann-Hayman merger by four years).

This was William R. Hoffmann’s pre-merger address while operating independently as “the wholesale coffee, tea, and spice business of Wm. R. Hoffmann” (per the Hoffmann-Hayman Company corporate history’s predecessor section).

Open questions

  • Specific 1908 directory citation
  • Was 208 East Commerce a storefront, a warehouse, or both?
  • Earliest and latest occupancy dates — when did Hoffmann move from here to 1223 W. Commerce?
  • Relationship to the 228 East Commerce address noted in the company KB page as a c.1899 Hoffmann start-up location

See also