Old Roaster Switch at the H and H Coffee Factory
Another hint is still inside the 1932 Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. factory on the east side of San Antonio. The door is weathered and rusted, but the “OLD ROAS...
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H and H Blend Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar
A three-pound H and H Blend Coffee Crystalvac jar in clear glass, wearing a red-and-cream paper wrap label. The front shows the H and H lockup over “Blend Co...
H and H Blend Unopened One-Pound Paper-Label Tin
An unopened one-pound H and H Blend coffee can with its original paper label still wrapping the body. The red and navy label carries the interlocked “H AND H...
Zintgraff Collection at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures
A visit to the Institute of Texan Cultures at UTSA to pull the H and H holdings from the Zintgraff Collection, a San Antonio commercial-photography archive d...
H and H Aqua Crystalvac Jar
A large H and H Crystalvac coffee jar in aqua-tinted glass. The front panel is embossed “H AND H” in block letters with the “Crystalvac” script above a strai...
Red Bird Coffee One-Pound Keywind Tin
A rectangular one-pound keywind tin for Red Bird Coffee, branded to Reinhard Coffee & Tea Co. in San Antonio — a contemporary San Antonio roaster line ke...
Second Three-Pound Owens-Illinois Crystalvac (Clear)
A second three-pound clear-glass H and H Crystalvac jar, added to the shelf about a year after the first large-handle clear example from 2017. Same form fact...
1934 Hoffmann-Hayman Employees at the “Fragrant…” Billboard
A sepia press photograph of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. office, salesforce, and plant employees — roughly thirty people in three rows — arranged in front ...
Alamo National Bank Statement Fragments — Found in the Wall
Torn scraps of a Alamo National Bank “statement of condition” dated April 20, 1953, laid out on OSB. The Resources column still reads clearly: Cash … $20,564...
The Brown Coffee Co.
In the constant search for understanding coffee, we picked up some whole bean from our local coffee experts at The Brown Coffee Company. You can stop by thei...
Merit at Local Coffee
With a drip coffee brewing system working, we have been sampling coffees from San Antonio. An independent coffee shop here is Local Coffee where we picked up...