The Has Beans
Open today 6:30am to 3pm

Past their prime?Never. Just wellroasted.

A small neighbourhood coffee bar. Seasonal single origins, a house blend we roast on Mondays, and a seat by the window if you want it.

Est. 2019 · 12 seats

We started with a secondhand two-group machine, a borrowed grinder and a simple rule. Know the farm, roast it gently, and learn every regular's name.

Barista pouring a rosetta into a flat white in a speckled ceramic cup
Flat white, our most ordered

The Has Beans is run by a small crew who would rather talk about washing stations than latte art. We buy green coffee in small lots, roast it ourselves in a 5kg drum roaster out back, and rest every batch for at least five days before it touches the grinder.

The menu stays short on purpose. A few things, done properly, and a pastry case filled each morning by the bakery two doors down.

5kg roaster
3origins on bar
420cups on a busy Saturday
Espresso pouring from a portafilter into a small glass with thick crema
The house shot

18g in. 38g out. 28 seconds.

Cherry to cup · about 9 months

Where your flat white starts.

Every bag we sell carries the farm, altitude and process on the label. Here is the path our current house blend takes before it reaches you.

Step 1 · Huila, Colombia

Picked ripe, by hand

Pickers pass each tree several times a season, taking only the deep red cherries. It is slow, and it is the single biggest reason the cup tastes sweet.

1,750 maslCaturra & Castillo
Step 2 · At the farm

Washed and sun dried

The fruit is pulped, fermented overnight and rinsed, then the beans dry on raised beds for two to three weeks until they hit around 11% moisture.

Washed process18 days drying
Step 3 · Our back room

Roasted on Mondays

We take it to a medium roast that keeps the caramel and red apple notes, then rest it for five days so the espresso settles down and sweetens up.

11 min roastDrop at 208°C
Roaster stirring fresh coffee beans in the cooling tray of a drum roaster
Monday, 7am. Cooling the first batch.
Step 4 · The bar

Pulled for you

18 grams in, 38 grams out, around 28 seconds. We dial in every morning and taste before the doors open.

1 : 2.1 ratio93°C water
Pour over guide

Brew it like we do.

Took a bag home? Pick how many cups and how strong you like it. We'll give you the numbers. Grind just before you brew, it makes the biggest difference.

Roasted coffee beans pouring into a burr grinder
Ground to order, never ahead
Strength
31gGround coffee, medium fine
500mlWater at 94°C
62mlBloom pour, wait 40s
3:00Total brew time
Smiling barista handing a takeaway coffee across a timber counter
BYO cup and we take 50c off
Come say hello

Pull up a stool.

18 Wattle Lane, Northcote VIC 3070

Around the corner from the train station. Bike rack out front.

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Monday6:30am to 3pm
Tuesday6:30am to 3pm
Wednesday6:30am to 3pm
Thursday6:30am to 3pm
Friday6:30am to 3pm
Saturday7am to 2pm
Sunday8am to 1pm
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