Volk and Co - Coffee Brew Bar is a cafe at 5 Boon Street in Whakatane, rated 4.8 on Google, with details shared through its Facebook page. A brew bar takes coffee a little more slowly than a standard espresso cafe: the interest is in filter brewing — pour-over, batch brew, single-origin beans — where lighter roasts and careful extraction let a coffee's origin show through. Because filter coffee is usually served without milk, there is nowhere to hide; a clean, sweet cup tells you the beans are fresh and the brewing is precise. Good baristas will happily talk you through what's on and brew to order, so it's worth asking what they're pouring rather than defaulting to the usual flat white. Freshness of roast, more than decor, is what regulars judge a cafe by. If that's the coffee you're after in Whakatane, Volk and Co's Boon Street brew bar, with its 4.8 rating, makes a strong case.