H and H Coffee

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

Cover: Coffee Merchandising by William H. Ukers

By William H. Ukers · 1924

Written as a companion to Ukers’ encyclopedic All About Coffee, Coffee Merchandising targets people entering the business: how coffee moved from origin to cup, how it was graded and sold, and how shops and wholesalers presented it to customers. For historical work on branding, packaging, and point-of-sale culture—topics that touch H and H-era San Antonio grocers and roasters—the tone and examples anchor you firmly in the 1920s trade.

Good Reads

Read free at Project Gutenberg — full 1924 text, HTML. No H&H or San Antonio mentions; useful for period packaging typology, retail display practice, and small-roaster commercial vocabulary.