Broncho Coffee Tin
We’ve been looking for this tin for 10 years! It has one of our favorite stories from the beginning and involves the TV series, American Pickers.
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H and H Master Chef Two Pound Tin
This two pound Master Chef coffee tin comes from Springfield, Missouri. It is in OK shape, nice color, and included the original lid. There is some rust on ...
H and H Sam Houston Tin
Our first one pound Sam Houston coffee tin comes from Haysville, Kansas. It is in ok shape, nice color, and included the original lid.
H and H Half Pound Tin
This small tin comes from Haysville, Kansas. It is in amazing shape, great color, and included the original lid. The tin is empty but appears to be sealed. T...
One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar
This jar on eBay came to us from Chappell Hill, Texas. It is a one pound Crystalvac in clear glass.
Master Chef Paper Cup
A new item arrived from Minden in Nevada. Stacked in a collection of small paper sample cups, is one for H and H Master Chef Coffee. Marked as 4 ounces, the ...
Wagner Ware H and H Coffee Scoop No. 4
eBay delivers another great find from right here in San Antonio.
H and H Spices Black Pepper
This web site has brought in fantastic donation! Shipped from Torrington, Wyoming by a “dedicated advertising collector”, it originated from an auction in Ch...
Small Crystalvac Coffee Jar
This piece comes home from Grand Prairie, Texas. This is a small, clear Crystalvac Coffee jar. The mark is “3 Rivers Star”, the classic mark from Three Rive...
Small Amber Crystalvac Coffee Jar
We were excited when one of our web site visitors emailed about having a small amber H and H jar. Of the Crystalvac jars from Three Rivers Glass Co. Amber gl...
Large Crystalvac Coffee Jar
Our latest item came from Victoria, Texas. This is a large H and H Crystalvac jar with wire handle and plain lid. The blue lid caught our eye.
H and H Coffee Family Size Tin
This 28oz H and H Coffee tin comes from Vero Beach, Florida and is the first one of its kind we’ve ever seen. It is in OK condition with nice color. It is mi...
H and H Coffee 3 Pound Jar Glass Mystery
Richard, the eBay seller we recently bought a Master Chef Coffee tin from, contacted us after he’d found our web site. He possessed another H and H item also...
H and H Master Chef Tin
This one pound Master Chef tin comes from Jourdanton, Texas. It is in good shape, nice color, and includes the original lid.
H and H High Grade Three Pound Tin
This tin comes from San Antonio, TX fresh from a local estate sale. It went up on eBay by one of our usual sellers.
Hoffmann-Hayman Puzzler
This premium H and H Puzzler is from San Antonio, TX. The box is broken, instructions are missing, and a few pieces are missing. It is in rough shape but doe...
One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar
This jar on eBay came to us from Raymore, Missouri. It is a one pound Crystalvac in clear glass with a flat Ball embossed lid.
Crystalvac Jars from Comfort Texas
Today we visited the Comfort Antique Mall to collect our jar from Debbie Keneson. The jar is a one pound H and H Crystalvac clear glass jar.
Sam Houston Coffee Label
A Sam Houston coffee label from a 1lb. Perc-o-Drip Grind tin arrived from Helotes, Texas. It is amazing that someone carefully took the label from a tin, sav...
H and H Blend Three Pound Tin
A medium ground, three pound, rectangular tin arrived from Euless, Texas. It is in rough shape but that’s okay. H and H Blend Coffee is the original brand so...
H and H Blend Round Tin
We stopped in Comfort, Texas to pick up a large Crystalvac jar Debbie and Denise, our favorite pickers, found a few weeks ago. We were telling the women at t...
H and H Tea, Orange Pekoe High Grade
Finally! We found another product. We’d seen black and white advertisements in old newspapers, and it made sense to use the factory equipment to dry and grin...
H and H Cleaner
Sometimes you have to take a chance to see if you win or lose. All we knew from the pictures on eBay was that it said “H and H” and was in Indiana. The color...
H and H Spices Nutmeg and Cinnamon
We added a new spice to the collection from Euless, Texas. This 1.5oz Nutmeg tin has some bug holes but the top is still shiny.
H and H Price Sign
eBay delivered another H and H Master Chef artifact. This time we have a price sign that was never marked or even folded and waiting for us in New Braunfels,...
H and H Puzzler
While collecting items for an antique shop in Austin, this piece was found at an estate sale. They did some web searches, having never heard of H and H Coffe...
Small Square Crystalvac Jar with Handle
This Crystalvac glass jar was won on eBay and comes from Tyler, Texas. It is in good condition with an embossed Crystalvac metal lid and wire handle.
Large Crystalvac Jar with Wooden Handle
Another large Crystalvac glass jar was won on eBay and comes from Colleyville, Texas. It is in good condition with an embossed metal lid. The bottom has Crys...
H and H Coffee in Square Glass Jar
Albert, a local San Antonio picker, brought us a few new items.
H and H Spices - Tin of Allspice
Today, we added a 1.5oz H and H Brand Spices Allspice Tin. We now have three spice tins in the collection.
Tucker Coffee Co. Letterhead
Today we recieved a piece of letterhead from the Tucker Coffee Company estimated to be from the 1920’s. Tucker was located at 422-424 Ruiz Street, San Antoni...
Small Kork-N-Seal Extract Bottle
eBay has delivered us a new mystery. We picked up an “Antique H & H Coffee spice, possibly vanilla, extract jar” that was part of an estate in Vinton, Vi...
One Pound Crystalvac Jar
We bought a collection of jars found in an estate sale from MiksJunkDrawer in Somerset, Texas. It included a Crystalvac One Pound jar.
Delaware Punch Soda Bottle
The bottle caught our eye since it was manufactured by Three Rivers Glass Co., who did the Crystalvac jars for H and H. The bottle is depicted in the book Te...
San Antonio Nexapa
We found San Antonio Nexapa by Helen Seargeant, on Ebay. It is a true account of the life of a pioneer family on a coffee plantation at the foot of Mt. Tacan...
Harnit & Hewitt Co. Mocha Blend Coffee
This is a coffee tin from The Harnit & Hewitt Co. in Toldeo Ohio. They sold products as “H&H Coffee” like this One Pound Mocha Blend.
Added H and H Crystalvac Jar
We were able to grab another large H and H Crystalvac Jar from Georgetown, Texas on eBay. This one has the original wire handle but is missing the lid. The o...
All About Learning Coffee
Over the holidays I took some time to read books about coffee. From enthusiasts to artisans to roasters to historians, they all have a lot to say about coffe...
2lbs H and H Bags
Albert, one of our local pickers, found some more H and H sacks. Two of them are for 1lb Bags. But, this “2lb Bags” version is new to us.
The Bulletin from St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Church in San Antonio produces The Bulletin. We got a copy of Volume 13, No. 1 from February 1936.
Hoffmann’s Old Time Blended Coffee
This one pound tin we won on eBay is NOT from San Antonio.
Sales Forms
While running networking cables in the factory, we found three books of sales report forms tucked under some boards in the ceiling above the office space. Th...
Texas Girl from H and H Coffee
Today we met with a local San Antonio picker, Albert. We chatted with him over coffee about San Antonio history, picking, and metal detecting. Six months ago...
A Ginger H and H Brand Spices Tin
We were able to add another H and H Spices tin to the collection. This one is Ginger and 1-1/2 ounces. The top and bottom are metal but the sides are printed...
Interesting H and H Crystalvac Jar
From KimmysKicks on Etsy, we bought a H and H Crystalvac Jar from Bowie, Texas. Now that we have it, there are a few interesting things about this jar.
Master Chef Regular Grind Coffee Tin
We found an original logo Master Chef coffee tin from BellaEclectic2008 on Etsy. It is missing the lid but still in nice shape. It was in San Antonio.
William H. Ukers Coffee Books
William Harrison Ukers (1873-1945) was the author of many books about coffee and tea and started the Coffee and Tea Trade Journal in 1901. We now have two of...
High Grade Coffee Tin
We’ve added a new coffee tin. This one has H and H Coffee High Grade on the front which we haven’t seen before. It was missing the lid and in rough shape but...
Alamo Cook Book
We found this item at Magic Carpet Books, a dealer of used and rare books. We don’t have much information about it, but it is a unique item for the collectio...
Master Chef Sign
Debbie Keneson scores again! She has found a large hand painted Master Chef sign. It has a red background and measures about four foot by eight foot on a thi...
Third Crystalvac Jar
eBay delivered another Crystalvac jar. This one is clear glass with a wire handle but a plain lid. The bottom has an embossed Crystalvac, Container, Reg U.S....
Vintage Coffee Pot
We’ve added a vintage “H & H Aluminum drip coffee pot”. It is three pieces and has Bakelite handles and a lid. Bakelite was one of the first plastics and...
Wait! Spices?
We won an item on eBay today that solves one of the mysteries in the factory.
More Antiques in Comfort
Debbie Keneson found more coffee tins for us! She has a Master Chef one pound and three pound. While at the Comfort Antique Mall the collectors there had ano...
Broncho Coffee & American Pickers
Not knowing anything about coffee or history, we had to start somewhere. We decided to reach out to the most famous antique dealers we knew of, the American ...
Coffee Factory Vintage Photo
To get an idea of what a coffee factory looked like in the 1930’s, we bought a vintage photo of a Chase & Sanborn Coffee Factory on eBay. There is no da...
A Coffee Whistle?
H and H Coffee is very old and doesn’t have a well documented history. Because of that we bought an item on eBay they may or may not be coffee factory relate...
A Crystalvac Jar from H and H Coffee
Today we visited the Comfort Antique Mall to pickup our jar from Debbie Keneson. The jar is a 3lbs. H and H Crystalvac glass jar with an embossed lid and a w...
Glass Bottles from Three Rivers
When researching the H and H Coffee Factory, searching the Internet found a few related images. One was of the H and H Crystalvac Jar in an article that was ...
Our First Item for the Collection
One of the first books we found related to the coffee company was “Downtown San Antonio (Images of America)” by Joan Marston Korte and David L. Peché (Amazon...