Research Update: Week of June 1, 2026

June 8, 2026 5 minute read

Tim Draves sent corrections that resolved a generation: the H&H Mengers are grandchildren — not great-grandchildren — of Menger Hotel founder William A. ...

Two Things Changed This Year

May 19, 2026 5 minute read

Remington’s Broncho Buster and the H&H brand spelling

May 19, 2026 1 minute read

From a 25-pound lard-can roaster to the finest plant in the South — H and H coffee equipment, 1904–1960s

May 19, 2026 5 minute read

The story of Hoffmann-Hayman’s production equipment is a straight line from a single cast-iron drum small enough to carry by hand to a multi-roaster operatio...

When “N.R.A.” Meant Recovery, Not Rifles — The National Recovery Administration (1933–1935)

May 1, 2026 4 minute read

Old Roaster Switch at the H and H Coffee Factory

January 5, 2025 less than 1 minute read

A ‘G — M — A’ Surveyor’s Marker in Delaware Street, in Front of the Factory’s Entry Gate

December 23, 2024 5 minute read

Al Rendón’s ‘Nuestra Cultura · 75 Años’ Press Pass at the Witte — A Master Chef Coffee Sign in the Backdrop

January 23, 2024 9 minute read

Wilhelmina “Minnie” Menger Hoffmann — International Women’s Day

March 8, 2023 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Porcelain Sign on a South Texas Tejano General-Store Porch (ca. 1942)

February 26, 2023 6 minute read

Alamy Stock Photo — H and H Blend Tins and a Border Brand “Cup & Saucer Premium” Pail on a Shelf Display

February 25, 2023 3 minute read

“Marzo 5 – 1952 / Marzo 25 – 1953 / Marzo 18 – 1954” — Three Pencil Dates on the Upstairs East Wall

February 1, 2023 3 minute read

“Agosto 8 – 56” — A Fourth Pencil Date, on a Pan-Formed Concrete Ceiling Joist

February 1, 2023 3 minute read

“Febrero 11 – 53” — A Pencil Date on the Seam Between the Expansion and the Original Plant

February 1, 2023 4 minute read

H and H Coffee Factory South Face at Sunset, 14 March 2021

March 14, 2021 1 minute read

Thunderbirds “America Strong” Flyover from the H and H Factory Roof, 13 May 2020

May 13, 2020 1 minute read

Gus P. Menger Cupping Portrait — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., Photo by Studer, 1938

December 4, 2019 1 minute read

Witte Museum — A 2019 Visit to the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Collection

October 15, 2019 3 minute read

Zintgraff Collection at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures

August 19, 2019 less than 1 minute read

Man Sampling Coffee at a Drum Roaster — Photographic Print from an H and H–Adjacent Stack

August 19, 2019 2 minute read

Hopper Car at the H and H Coffee Factory Siding

April 16, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Factory — South End and West Flank from the Rail Siding at Dusk, February 2019

February 7, 2019 1 minute read

H and H Master Chef — Manufacturers Association Booth

July 7, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Alamo National Bank Statement Fragments — Found in the Wall

June 20, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Keeping Inventory in the 1940s — Wall Notes

June 17, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Three Rivers Glass Show, April 28-29 2017

April 29, 2017 4 minute read

GW Mitchell — Hoffmann-Hayman Delaware factory flashback (blog PDF, 2017)

January 30, 2017 4 minute read

Visiting Mi Tierra Café for the Holidays

December 18, 2016 2 minute read

Factory Construction by G. W. Mitchell

December 2, 2016 less than 1 minute read

Interesting H and H Master Chef Sighting

August 23, 2016 less than 1 minute read

Oriental Cafe and Bar — “Serving H&H Coffee” Storefront Sign, San Antonio

May 11, 2016 1 minute read

The Brown Coffee Co.

July 23, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Cold Brewing Coffee

March 10, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Merit at Local Coffee

March 1, 2015 less than 1 minute read

East-wing shed — Master Chef plywood and shipping-crate boards in the walls

May 28, 2014 1 minute read

Exploring the metal-roofed shed attached to the east wing of the plant in May 2014, we found interior partition walls built from salvaged sheet goods and cra...

Gus P. Menger and son Albert testing coffee — San Antonio Light, c. 1948 (UTSA)

January 1, 1950 1 minute read

Crystalvac and H AND H BLEND Coffee trademarks — Official Gazette, 29 November 1932

November 29, 1932 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman trademark applications: empty glass jars and coffee — List of Applicants, 1932

January 1, 1932 1 minute read

Texas Girl trademark pending — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, November 1930

November 1, 1930 1 minute read

Sam Houston Brand and Menger Finest Peaberry labels registered — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, June 1928

June 1, 1928 1 minute read

O.S.T. Old Spanish Trail and San Jose trademarks pending — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, May 1928

May 1, 1928 2 minute read

Four Hoffmann-Hayman trademark registrations — Index of Trade-Marks, 1928

January 1, 1928 1 minute read

“You’ll Praise It Too” tea trademark — The Spice Mill, October 1924

October 1, 1924 1 minute read

Royal Coffee Roaster for sale — The Spice Mill, August 1924

August 1, 1924 2 minute read