Coffee Review : The Human Bean 4/5

The Human Bean is a nice little drive-through coffee shop in Beaverton, right along Beaverton Hillsdale Highway.  Their signature move (hey, everyone’s  got one, Scoprion, Hulk Hogan, Undertaker) is to put a delicious little chocolate covered espresso bean on top of the drink when they give it to you.  They are a franchise, and only operate drive through locations (So far they only exist in Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and South Carolina).  Oddly enough they started in Ashland, Oregon in ’98.

Now this is a great idea, because they’re delicious.  It is a slightly bad idea because they always tend to melt before you can enjoy your delicious beverage.

Their coffee is pretty good, better than what I would expect from a drive-through (apparently most or all of it is “Farm Friendly Direct”, providing better opportunities for farmers).  Being a drive through is highly convenience, but also kind of annoying.  I like to be able to sit down and enjoy my coffee at a table with a book or internet, not something you can do at the Human Bean.  But, that aside, their service is always great, and their beverages are delicious.  Their straight up coffee is good, but they also offer a wide selection of coffee and espresso based drinks.  Their Mexican Mocha is quite good, just enough spice and lacking the puddle of goo at the bottom of many other places mocha.

Overall a great coffee place, although this location is sadly lacking in seating.  They are on a nice big lot, so there is space to sit around when the weather is nice though.  If you want to visit the Human Bean, here’s their info.

The Human Bean

8355 Southwest Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, Beaverton –

503-203-1570