Barb and I have been in retail for a combined 60 years and Gavin in the culinary business for 25 years.  We all agreed that our philosophy should be geared around what the customer wants and expected.  FRESH is our key word and we run the shop with that always in mind.  We roast fresh, grind and brew fresh and bake fresh.  We wanted our customers to feel a difference in our shoppe so we french press our teas (25 varieties) served in porcelain cups and saucers and coffee in coffee mugs that we've been collecting for 2 years.  We wanted our roaster to be the center of attention and it brings a lot of questions. Barb calls it our locomotive.

Contact

Four Beans Coffeehouse,Ltd.

1928 W. Wilson St
Batavia , IL . 60510
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Voice  (630) 761-1930

Fax  (630)761-1937

Email  4beanscoffee@sbcglobal.net

Owner  Barbara Bevil

Partners  Les and Gavin

Description

Four Beans is an 1800 sq ft shop with a comfortable atmosphere, exceptional service and products second to none.  The front half of the shop has very comfortable seating area to include leather chairs, marble lamps and coffee table, fireplace and big screen TV, plus our cupping table.  The other half has tables and chairs and a bar area for WIFI users.
The roaster has a bar around it to enable customers to watch the roasting.  We roast with a Diedrich IR-7 capable of roasting up to 15 lbs. We also have an afterburner which heats up to 1400 degrees to eliminate any pollution.  The automator helps the Roast master in creating profiles and roasting to the profiles to ensure consistency in our brews.

Our Story

This concept started over 2 years ago when Barb and I went to Cedarburg, Wisc. with some friends. While in the car we were talking about a name for the coffeehouse. Since there were four of us in the car and one name started with an “F” and the other 3 with “B”'s, I said why not Four Beans and well… there ya' go. Gavin, a life long friend of Barb's, came into the picture sometime later when he and Barb were talking on the phone and Gavin was looking to open a coffee kiosk. Well, I got on the phone with him and we started a plan (Gavin has since gone on to other ventures). I knew that we had to take a different approach to our shop if we wanted to be successful. The roaster was going to give us one edge, serving whole tea, French pressed with a cup and saucer was another. Offering any of our coffees in a French press was another along with baking pastries every day. After many setbacks, lots of money, tears, and worry, we managed to open on the 26 th of January, 2007. Without the help of neighbors and friends we would have never made it and there were many a day that I was not sure if we could. I learned there's a big difference in your life when you OWN the business.

People

Barbara Bevil - owner, has been in retail for over 25 years. A graduate of U of I in Champaign, she spent time with Lord and Taylor, Carson 's, Waccamaw, and Coldwater Creek. We have been married for 12 years, live in Geneva and have 2 wonderful dogs, Timber and Cody. Her dream, besides me, was to own her own business and run it her way and... so she is!!

Les Bevil - aka. "Buff", has been in retail for 35 years and is currently a real estate broker with Starck Realtors in St, Charles, IL . I have worked with Pottery Warehouse, Waccamaw Pottery, Service Merchandise, Toys R Us, to name a few and have held my real estate license for a period of 5 years. I too got very tired of the corporate image and wanted to make an impact with a new concept.

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