H and H Extracts

H and H Extracts—baking flavors such as vanilla, Extract of Lemon, and related essences—were sold as part of Hoffmann-Hayman’s broader grocery shelf next to coffee, H and H Tea, H and H Spices, and H and H Cocoa. The Welcome post and About page group those lines with the roastery’s main business; collection posts on spices note that coffee-house equipment could be turned to extracts as well as spices (allspice, cinnamon).

Products

Named offerings

Period literature and company rosters list at least:

  1. Vanilla extract (and related vanilla essences)
  2. Extract of Lemon
  3. Other flavor extracts (almond, mixed “flavoring,” compounds) — still being mapped from advertisements and wholesale lists

Grocery firms of the era typically sold these in small glass bottles with cork, screw, or proprietary seals. Hoffmann-Hayman bottle shapes and full flavor list are not yet reconstructed from labeled H and H examples in this archive.

Packaging

No confirmed Hoffmann-Hayman extract bottle or label has been catalogued with a clear San Antonio attribution. The site Wanted list calls out H and H Vanilla Extract, Extract of Lemon, and H and H Extracts (generic) as priorities.

Research: Kork-N-Seal “extract” bottle (attribution open)

The only extract-adjacent glass write-up so far is Small Kork-N-Seal extract bottle—an eBay find described as a possible vanilla jar with H & H embossed on the base. The post walks through why the letters might mean Haig & Haig (Scotch) rather than Hoffmann-Hayman, and why the shape does not match known Three Rivers H and H work. Treat it as a research object, not a catalogued H and H retail package, until better evidence appears.

Triangular glass bottle with Kork-N-Seal-style cap; embossed letters on base may be Haig and Haig or Hoffmann-Hayman

Wanted

  1. H and H Vanilla Extract — bottle, label, or carton with readable Hoffmann-Hayman copy (also on the Wanted “Most Wanted” list).
  2. H and H Extract of Lemon — bottle, label, or carton with readable Hoffmann-Hayman copy.
  3. Any other H and H–branded extract (almond, “flavoring,” compound bottles, etc.).
  4. Advertisements, cookbooks, or store cards that name H and H extracts alongside spices or coffee.
  5. Factory price lists or invoices that prove which flavors were actually bottled in San Antonio.

When the first confirmed package is photographed, add images under assets/images/gallery/ and mirror the layout used on H and H Spices.