H and H Coffee

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

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Tiny Roaster in New H-H Plant Scores Great Hit — The News, 21 December 1932

A plant feature about the tiny roaster used in 1904 by William R. Hoffmann, now preserved as a relic in the new Delaware Street factory.

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Ti ter i ny Roaster in | New H-H Plant s | Scores Great Hit]’” onl py to the new plant of | | the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee | company, at 601 Delaware street, | have been attracted by a tiny cot- | , |fee roster which was used in mak- | ling the first H. & H. coffee in | | 1904. The roaster, hardly larger | j than a 50-pound iard can, was ut] : bape by William R. Hoffman, then | a clerk in the grocery of George | C. Sauer on Alamo Plaza, when | he first started in the coffee-roast- | ing business. The quaint little| roaster is a far cry from the huge modern coffee rosters which equip lone of the finest coffee-roasting | | plants in the entire South, has) been given a place of honor in the new $130,000 plant, a fitting tri- bute to the faith which the offi- | cials of the 29-year-old manufac- turing concern have in the future. | The new plant is two-story, fire- | | proof, and has all modern facilities | /not only for the efficient handling | of the company’s business, but for the health and comfort of the 60 or more employes. Showers and lounge rooms for both men and women have been supplied adjoin- ing a commodious company cafe- teria. A garage and workshop for the maintenance of the large fleet of trucks whic deliver H. & H. products has also been provided. Special arrangement of tracks and siding make possible simultaneous loading and unloading of several freight cars, | Following the death in 1912 of | the founder of the company, his— | brother-in-law, Gus P. Menger be-| came associated with the firm and) Jiater was joined by R. W. and T.| J. Menger. The present officers | are: Gus P. Menger, president; Mrs. Schlosser, wife of Dr. William J.| |}Schlosser and former widow; Wil- | Jliam P. Hoffman, vice president; | |R. W. Menger, secretary; T. J. {| Menger, treasurer, | <>

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