Havana Coffee Works has been part of New Zealand's coffee story since 1989, when just four coffee companies were roasting in the whole country. The Oneroa shop at 112/114 Ocean View Road carries that heritage onto Waiheke Island, backed by the roastery's full online store. As co-founder Geoff Marsland — the self-styled Coffee Baron — puts it: 'We started in the coffee business in 1989 and the Havana train was off, whirling on the tracks. People say you don't just taste our coffee you feel it.' A lot has changed since then; the industry has grown from those four pioneers to more than 400 roasters, but Havana has stayed true to its vibe and vision: roasting delicious coffee, having fun, staying connected to community and celebrating farmers at origin — plus drinking a heap of epic espresso along the way. What you'll find is a range of characterful blends — Super Deluxe, Five Star, X Blend and the high-caffeine Kickstart — alongside single origins like Honduras La Flor. Beyond bags of beans there's serious brew gear: home espresso machines from Wega and Rocket, Italian-engineered Macap grinders, manual brewing equipment, filter machines, milk jugs and accessories, plus merchandise, gift cards and an iced coffee range. Regulars can lock in a subscription with fresh coffee delivered weekly, fortnightly or monthly, businesses can tap into wholesale and commercial machinery, and home machines can be brought in for servicing. Whether you call in at Ocean View Road or order online, it's the same promise Havana has kept since 1989: coffee roasted with love, served with personality, and strong enough to feel.
Havana Coffee Works has never done things quietly. The company has been in the coffee business since 1989, when only four coffee companies were roasting anywhere in New Zealand, and it has spent the decades since championing big, characterful, properly made coffee. The Oneroa shop at 112/114 Ocean View Road brings that heritage to Waiheke Island, backed by Havana's full online store. Co-founder Geoff Marsland — the self-styled Coffee Baron — put it best: "We started in the coffee business in 1989 and the Havana train was off, whirling on the tracks. People say you don't just taste our coffee you feel it."
Much has changed since then. New Zealand's roasting industry has grown from those four pioneers to more than 400 companies, but Havana has stayed true to its original vibe and vision: roasting delicious coffee, having fun, staying connected to community and celebrating the farmers at origin — plus drinking a heap of epic espresso along the way.
The heart of the range is a set of blends with real opinions. **Super Deluxe** is the crowd favourite: an elegant, full-bodied, biscuity caramel hit that's velvety smooth — a coffee treasure, the team says, that you'll love to share, however you take your cup. **Five Star** is the chocolate lover's pick, described in-house simply as "chocolate brownie", with huge depth of flavour and a full-bodied chocolatey finish that makes it extremely more-ish. **X Blend** goes dark, strong and toasty for drinkers who like their cup full-on.
Newer to the line-up is **Kickstart**, the boldest blend yet: strong and full-bodied with rich toffee sweetness, boasting 50% more caffeine than the average leading NZ fresh coffee brand and aimed squarely at drinkers who need their cup to actually keep up. Alongside the blends sit single origins such as **Honduras La Flor** — milk chocolate, toasted nuts and starfruit — plus an iced coffee range for sunny days on the island and an online Flavour Picker to match your tastes to the right bag.
Havana is as much a destination for gear as for beans. The shelves and online shop span home espresso machines — including the compact, Italian-crafted **Wega W Mini** and Rocket's Appartamento, Giotto Cronometro and Mozzafiato lines — plus grinders like the **Macap LEO Essential**, an Italian-engineered flat burr grinder with 55mm burrs and quiet grinding. There's manual brewing equipment, filter machines, milk jugs and accessories for every kind of setup, and the business also supplies commercial machinery and grinders for cafés, with servicing available for home machines.
Rounding it out is merchandise with the same personality as the coffee: cups, mugs and tins, hoodies and jerseys, tees and gift cards — an easy win for the coffee-obsessed person in your life.
For regulars, the subscription service does the remembering: fresh roasted coffee delivered weekly, fortnightly or monthly, with 15% off orders and the freedom to edit, pause or cancel anytime. Wholesale is on offer for local businesses, and the online store carries the full spread of blends, single origins, brew gear and merch.
Part of Havana's enduring appeal is that it treats coffee as culture, not commodity — a roaster playful enough to crown its founder the Coffee Baron, and serious enough to have outlasted an industry that grew a hundredfold around it. That energy runs through everything from the packaging to the blends themselves, and it's what regulars come back for as much as the coffee.
Whether you call in at Ocean View Road in Oneroa or order from the sofa, the promise is the one Havana has kept since 1989: coffee roasted with love, served with personality, and strong enough to feel.