The owners of Yahava KoffeeWorks in the Swan Valley have unveiled their vision for WA’s and potentially Australia’s biggest walk-in coffee roastery open to the public.
Yahava KoffeeWorks is moving from its longtime home on West Swan Road to what the owners say will be “an immersive coffee wonderland on a stunning 17-acre estate, fronting the Swan River.”
Customers needn’t be alarmed; the new site is two doors down from the current location. The new venue is expected to open in 2028, allowing Yahava to triple the amount of coffee roasted, seat 2.5 times more customers, and double the capacity of the always busy drive-thru.
“Based on our research, there are larger industrial coffee facilities, but none that are open to the public and built on this scale of land (17 acres),” says co-owner Alastair Ingram. “Industrial coffee roasting facilities have more in common with a tyre manufacturer than what we do.”
“Our vision isn’t just to build a bigger coffee roastery; we are going to create Australia’s premier coffee destination where visitors can immerse themselves in the world of coffee from start to finish.”
Visitors to the new Yahava KoffeeWorks will enter an interactive, cinematic walkthrough of a coffee plantation, complete with hyper-realistic projections on the walls and ceiling, right down to the sounds of soil crunching beneath their feet. They will then step into the processing facility displaying projections of women sitting in a semi-circle, hand-sorting coffee beans and singing in unison.
“Only then do you hit a button, and these massive double doors swing open to reveal the roastery itself,” Alastair says. “We wanted to take the concept of farm to cup and really drive it home in a way no one else has done. And I think this does it in a way that’s fun, immersive, and unforgettable.”
Once inside, coffee lovers will be able to explore the entire working roastery, watch roasting demonstrations, and have free tastings of coffee blends and origins at multiple interactive brew bars.
There will be free and paid classes on coffee blending, texturing better milk, and extracting the perfect espresso. In years to come, Yahava envisages having a small coffee plantation where staff can run educational tours.
A full kitchen will allow visitors to order coffee, snacks and substantial meals to enjoy indoors or outside with river views. There will also be a nature playground for children to explore.
“We’ve honestly outgrown our current space, both physically and creatively,” Alastair says of the planned move. “We’ve spent the past 15 years learning how to provide remarkable coffee experiences to the public and we have done that in a little rented shed.”
Yahava currently employs around 65 staff in casual, part-time and full-time roles and those opportunities will increase when the new roastery opens.
“We anticipate this number to almost double, with new roles in retail, education, roasting, customer experience, horticulture, food service, and more,” Alastair says.
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