H and H Coffee

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

The Roasterie Coffee Company

Kansas City specialty coffee roaster founded 1993 by Danny O’Neill. Notable for its origin story rooted in a 1978 Costa Rica farm stay, its aviation-branded identity, and its factory tour program that frames coffee history as a visitor experience.

Founding

On November 22, 1978, O’Neill picked coffee cherries as a foreign exchange student in Costa Rica: “fell in love with it all — the country, the people, and especially the coffee.” Fifteen years later, in 1993, he founded The Roasterie in the basement of his Brookside home in Kansas City.

Core mission from the start: “source the finest coffees we can find in the world, roast them the best way possible, and deliver to our customers as fast as humanly possible.”

Betty — the DC-3

The company’s icon is Betty, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft visible from I-35 near the roastery. The DC-3 was developed in the 1930s for TWA and was the first passenger aircraft to turn a profit for airlines. It became the primary cargo hauler of its era, including for coffee transport. The Roasterie uses Betty as a symbol of that connection between aviation and global commodity movement.

Products

Named blends include: KC Kingdom, Betty’s Recipe, Kansas City Blend, Breakfast Blend, Costa Rica Don Quijote, 40 Sardines. Available whole bean, instant, single-serve, and cold brew. Subscriptions offered.

Cafés (Kansas City metro)

Brookside · The Factory · Factory Drive Thru (Southwest Blvd) · State Line · Leawood · Woodside · CMH Adele Hall · CMH Broadway

Factory tours

Public tours at the Brookside factory. Visitors get coffee history education, sampling, and a brewing demonstration. Described as “all things coffee in one place.” Booking via the website; pricing not published on site.

Philosophy

“Dedicated to continuously pursuing the economic, social, and environmental dynamics of sustainability.” The company traces its values to the farming communities O’Neill encountered in Costa Rica in 1978.

Contact

(816) 931-4000

See also

  • [[bakke-coffee-museum]] — another roaster/collector using physical space to present coffee history
  • [[pulp-coffee-roasters]] — contemporary specialty roaster, San Antonio
  • [[people/danny-oneill]] — founder profile (stub)
  • [[hacienda-de-san-antonio]] — parallel: founder origin rooted in a specific farm; 19th-century Latin American production