first-ever collection tin, with ‘H AND H’ over a green coffee-plant spray and ‘COFFEE’ on a navy field, ‘We Roast It - Others Praise It’ slogan below, and yellow-and-blue ‘VACUUM PACKED’ starburst cartouches on the sides (documented 2026-04-23)

Color photograph documented 2026-04-23 of a one-pound cylindrical **H and H Coffee keywind (vacuum-packed) tin** — a remarkably well-preserved second example of the same label design as the museum's [first acquired tin](/first-collection-item/) (the heavily rusted and chalked 10 May 2014 eBay find) — resting on an oriented-strand-board (OSB / chipboard) benchtop, photographed at a slight three-quarter angle so both the full front face and one of the starburst side cartouches are visible: a short plain silver-metal rolled-seam **keywind** top (no key attached in this frame), a red top band carrying 'H AND H' in tall cream-white serif block capitals with a navy-blue double-outline/drop-shadow and a small cream-on-red 'AND' ligature centered between the two H's, a deep-navy main field with a **green coffee-plant spray** (paired leaves with a small cluster of red coffee cherries at the center) between the top band and the product name, 'COFFEE' in matching cream-white serif block capitals with navy outline running wide across the navy field, and the early Hoffmann-Hayman slogan **'"We Roast It - Others Praise It"'** in a light-blue script line curving along the base of the tin; on the tin's flanks, a **yellow-and-blue starburst cartouche** (alternating pale-yellow and cream radial rays against a pale-blue vertical blue panel) carries the stacked text '[VACU]UM / [PACK]ED' running top-to-bottom (only the final 'UM' and 'ED' visible on the camera-facing edge as the side panels turn away from the lens) — i.e. **'VACUUM PACKED'** stacked on each side panel (the full side panel on the matching first-collection tin identifies the company by city, 'H and H Coffee in San Antonio and Houston'); the tin itself is in exceptional condition, with only minor dust, a small crease/ding at the bottom edge, and very light surface handling wear, all graphics crisp and the colors still vivid — a **condition-upgrade second example** of the label design that founded the museum
Color photograph documented 2026-04-23 of a one-pound cylindrical **H and H Coffee keywind (vacuum-packed) tin** — a remarkably well-preserved second example of the same label design as the museum's [first acquired tin](/first-collection-item/) (the heavily rusted and chalked 10 May 2014 eBay find) — resting on an oriented-strand-board (OSB / chipboard) benchtop, photographed at a slight three-quarter angle so both the full front face and one of the starburst side cartouches are visible: a short plain silver-metal rolled-seam **keywind** top (no key attached in this frame), a red top band carrying 'H AND H' in tall cream-white serif block capitals with a navy-blue double-outline/drop-shadow and a small cream-on-red 'AND' ligature centered between the two H's, a deep-navy main field with a **green coffee-plant spray** (paired leaves with a small cluster of red coffee cherries at the center) between the top band and the product name, 'COFFEE' in matching cream-white serif block capitals with navy outline running wide across the navy field, and the early Hoffmann-Hayman slogan **'"We Roast It - Others Praise It"'** in a light-blue script line curving along the base of the tin; on the tin's flanks, a **yellow-and-blue starburst cartouche** (alternating pale-yellow and cream radial rays against a pale-blue vertical blue panel) carries the stacked text '[VACU]UM / [PACK]ED' running top-to-bottom (only the final 'UM' and 'ED' visible on the camera-facing edge as the side panels turn away from the lens) — i.e. **'VACUUM PACKED'** stacked on each side panel (the full side panel on the matching first-collection tin identifies the company by city, 'H and H Coffee in San Antonio and Houston'); the tin itself is in exceptional condition, with only minor dust, a small crease/ding at the bottom edge, and very light surface handling wear, all graphics crisp and the colors still vivid — a **condition-upgrade second example** of the label design that founded the museum
Catalog ID
HH-COLL-2026-0002
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