The Human Bean

Great coffee, great service, even black coffee comes with a chocolate covered coffee bean! Fantastic! Parking is also great in case you need to park for any reason (I say this because it is mainly a drive through coffee place)

Great service, great coffee, GLUTEN-​FREE bars for on the go. They put a cute little Robin egg style chocolate covered coffee bean on your coffee; so cute! !

Wife and I wanted coffee, and we looked up and saw THB. Never been to one, but we knew they had coffee. The staff were very nice. They gave me a couple of recommendation because I wasn’t sure what I wanted. I got some kind of Caramel Hazelnut Iced Coffee. My wife got the Pumpkin Spice Latte, of course. The coffee bean on top was a nice touch. Quick, friendly, good.

When I first started working in Philomath I was very excited to be able to grab an espresso before work or while coming back from the daily bank run. I ordered the same thing about every time I came through. They make very, very good coffee and espresso.
The pleasant chatter that you normally get at a coffee place was absent early on and I figured that would change in time as I became a regular. It didn’t, instead the body language and tone of voice was as though I was interrupting their day. I kind of got used to this, but their coffee was still good and they got my order right – despite needing to ask for it every day, with no recognition on their faces.
And then I don’t know what happened, but I started to get the wrong sized drink all the time, or when ordering for myself and my boss they would mix up which was which – this would have been fine, except the boss drinks twelve ounce cups and I drink twenty.
I tried for about a month to get the right drinks from them by repeating my order clearly or sending a drink back if it was wrong. This didn’t seem to work, and then I just gave up and found another place to get my coffee and espresso. I don’t plan on getting coffee at this human bean, or any other for that matter, ever again.

I stumbled on The Human Bean while running errands in Philomath and now I go out of my way to stop here. I’m sure they have great coffee drinks, but I’ve been enjoying their dairy free smoothies this summer. I know it’s a franchise, but I really like the ingredients they use — I get my smoothies made with coconut milk.
Of course, everyone has mentioned it — the special treat is that they give you a little chocolate covered coffee bean (it looks like a speckled egg) with every drink. I’m a sucker for that kind of thing and it makes me smile every time I get my drink. I also love that THB is a drive-​thru and the folks who make your drinks are always friendly and quick.