H and H Coffee

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

H and H Cocoa was part of the same non-coffee grocery extension as H and H Tea, H and H Spices, and H and H Extracts—lines the firm advertised alongside its roasted coffees from the late 1800s into the 1970s (see the Welcome post and About page). Like spices and tea, cocoa let Hoffmann-Hayman use dryers, grinders, and packaging already in the plant; collection prose on that shared factory logic — coffee equipment turned to spice, tea, cocoa, and extracts — appears in the H and H allspice tin post.

No H and H Cocoa tin, box, label, or advertisement has been photographed for this archive yet, so the line is documented here mainly as a placeholder for research and acquisitions. If you have packaging or period ads, they would close a gap called out on the site Wanted list.

Products

1924 — H and H Cocoa was packed in tins in at least these net weights:

  1. 3½ oz tin
  2. 8 oz tin

Trade dress, lid type, and whether other years used the same SKUs are not yet confirmed from labeled packaging in the collection. Other period grocery formats (cartons, paper bags) may also exist; clear photos or scans help close the gap.

Packaging

No collection photographs yet. When examples are added, place files under assets/images/gallery/ and embed them here following the pattern used on H and H Spices.

Reference photography

No labeled H and H Cocoa tin is in Our Collection yet; factory and grocery context also appears in H and H allspice tin (shared plant logic).

Newspaper & period branding

H and H Cocoa panel from the 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light products grid (full page).

H and H Cocoa from the 26 Aug 1923 products display

Wanted

  1. 3½ oz or 8 oz H and H Cocoa tins (1924–era sizes or later variants with readable Hoffmann-Hayman / H and H copy)
  2. Any other retail H and H / Hoffmann-Hayman cocoa package (tin, box, bag) in photographable condition
  3. Paper labels or carton flats naming H and H Cocoa
  4. Newspaper or magazine advertisements, price cards, or photographs of store displays
  5. Factory or sales literature that lists cocoa alongside coffee, tea, and spices