Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.

Research Update: Week of June 6, 2026

June 13, 2026 7 minute read

A second sitting with the Draves family, and the deer-mount patent we’d only heard about finally has a number: Edward W. Menger’s US 2,003,896, ‘Horn Mount’ ...

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. ...

Research Update: Week of June 4, 2026

June 4, 2026 6 minute read

The Menger family genealogy resolved across three generations, William A. Menger’s full biography documented, cause-of-death confirmations for two Hoffmanns,...

A Week of Structure — and the Hayman Years, Reopened

May 26, 2026 6 minute read

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...

S. P. Stevens and the H and H Master Chef sign — visual comparison

May 7, 2026 2 minute read

Family lore says Stanford P. Stevens painted H and H Coffee billboards before founding Stevens Outdoor Advertising. Two signed oils — a 1954 cowboy and a 195...

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...