Yahava KoffeeWorks at 50 Tagore Lane, #B1-02, in Ang Mo Kio is the Singapore home of a company that describes itself as an adventure business — one that happens to deal in coffee. Founded in Western Australia in 2001 by Alex Kok, a Dutch explorer and coffee fanatic better known as the Koffee Baron, Yahava began with a simple dream: ride through the world's great coffee growing regions, find the very best of the best beans, and ship them home. The Baron did his early roasting in a little shed on Metricup Road, and people came from far and wide just to sample his coffee.
Yahava brought that spirit to Singapore in 2011. Today, all of its products ship from the roasting facility on Tagore Lane — the same address as this KoffeeWorks — which is how the team guarantees freshness and quality. Orders over $25 are delivered free, straight to your front door, under the tagline 'Bringing the world's best coffees to Singapore'.
Beyond bags of koffee, Yahava runs simple coffee subscriptions: pick your favourite, choose your bag size, grind and delivery frequency, and change, pause or cancel any time. A Corporate Koffee programme serves workplaces, and sister KoffeeWorks in Margaret River and Swan Valley welcome visitors in Western Australia.
The house message is welcoming rather than precious: never be afraid to try something new or ask a question, because you are guaranteed to discover something — and, as the Baron would say, 'Proost'.
Tucked along Tagore Lane in Ang Mo Kio, Yahava KoffeeWorks Singapore is the local home of a coffee company that describes itself as something else entirely: an adventure company. The motto you'll see everywhere is 'Adventure in a Cup', and it isn't just a slogan — it is the through-line of a story that began on the other side of the world with a motorbike, a shed, and a Dutchman with a passion for the world's best coffee.
Yahava was founded in Western Australia in 2001 by Alex Kok, a self-described 'not very famous Dutch explorer and coffee fanatic' better known as the Koffee Baron. His dream was suitably romantic: travel through the world's great coffee growing regions on his motorbike, discover the very best of the best coffees, and ship the beans back home. In a little shed on Metricup Road he would roast the beans to perfection, carefully grind them, and brew what he described as the most indescribably good coffees. People came from far and wide just to sample the Baron's coffee. No one really knew the Baron, but his Yahava coffees and his little shed became famous.
Two decades on, the approach hasn't changed. Yahava still travels the world looking for the very best coffee beans, and still roasts and brews its coffee exactly as the Baron taught.
Yahava arrived in Singapore in 2011, and began sharing these amazing coffees — and how to brew them — with people who love good coffee. Today the Singapore operation is centred on the roasting facility on Tagore Lane, the address this KoffeeWorks calls home. Every product ships from this facility, which the company says is how it ensures freshness and quality. Orders over $25 ship free, delivered straight to your front door.
The range lives up to the 'world's best coffees' promise, drawing on the great coffee growing regions. Single origins like Guatemala sit in the line-up, and the team's advice is simple: never be afraid to try something new or ask a question — you're guaranteed to discover something, and you may just stumble across something that changes your life.
Found a favourite? Yahava keeps things delightfully simple with its coffee subscriptions. Browse the coffees, order a pack or two, and once you've chosen your favourite, subscribe with your preferred bag size, grind and delivery frequency. Your coffee arrives where you want, when you want — and you can change the frequency, pause or cancel any time. As the website puts it: how good is that?
Yahava's Singapore presence goes beyond retail. The Corporate Koffee programme makes the case for serving Yahava at work, built on two decades spent exploring and developing coffees hand in hand with estate partners offshore and food-and-beverage partners on the ground. There is also a franchise pathway for anyone who wants to run a KoffeeWorks of their own. Questions go through the website's contact form, with replies usually within one business day, and the online shop accepts everything from Apple Pay and Google Pay to Mastercard, PayPal, Shop Pay and Visa.
If your travels take you further afield, the family extends to Western Australia, where sister KoffeeWorks in Margaret River and Swan Valley welcome visitors — do give them a visit, the site suggests, next time you're in W.A.
What should you expect? The invitation on the site is to 'discover what you will find when you visit us' — a place where the fabulous world of coffee and tea is yours to explore, guided by people who would rather you asked questions than played it safe. The Baron's parting word, 'Proost' — cheers — sums up the tone: warm, curious, and quietly confident about what's in the cup.
For coffee lovers in Singapore, Yahava KoffeeWorks offers something a little different from the usual café stop: a roastery with an explorer's spirit, beans gathered from the world's great growing regions, and the reassurance that every bag is roasted locally and shipped fresh. Good luck with your adventures.