Specialty coffee,
made approachable.
We're a family-run roastery in Kota Kemuning. It started with two brothers, one tiny roaster and a car porch. Here's how we got from there to here, and the people who make your coffee today.
A lockdown, a bonus, and a 200g roaster
Two brothers. One was too cheap to buy café coffee. The other actually knew how to work a machine.
In 2020, Malaysia went into lockdown. Josh was working as a data analyst at the time. He took his RM5,000 bonus and spent all of it on a tiny 200g coffee roaster.
He roasted in our parents' car porch in Kota Kemuning, stuck a logo he'd bought on Fiverr onto some bags, and listed them online. He didn't expect much.
One order became ten. Ten became fifty.
People ordered, and then their friends ordered. Soon Josh couldn't keep up on his own.
His brother John, the one with a knack for machines, stepped in as head roaster. Then the rest of the family started helping too. Somewhere along the way, a lockdown hobby became a real business.
Why "HisBrew"?
The name is a quiet nod to Hebrews, a book of the Bible. It reflects our faith and our belief that this journey was never only ours.
We try to run HisBrew with purpose, honesty and gratitude, one batch at a time.
From car porch to coffee bar
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2020
The car porch days
One 200g roaster, one Fiverr logo, and orders coming in from strangers online.
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2021
Our first home
We moved into a shoplot in Kota Kemuning with a 3kg roaster, a small coffee bar and a retail corner.
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Growing up
Bigger roaster, more cafés
We upgraded to a 6kg roaster, and it often ran all day. Cafés started asking to serve our coffee, so we started roasting for them too.
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2025
A new look, same heart
We refreshed our brand and said out loud what we'd always believed: specialty coffee should be for everyone.
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2026
Today
A growing team, a busy café, guest bar takeovers and masterclasses, and our booth at Malaysia Coffee Week.
Good coffee shouldn't feel like a secret club
Specialty coffee can be intimidating. There are tasting notes you can't taste, gear you can't afford, and baristas who might judge your order. We think that's backwards.
Whether this is your first bag of beans or your hundredth, you're welcome here. So we sort our coffee by how it tastes, keep our prices fair, and answer every question, however basic.
Meet the team
HisBrew started as a family, and it still feels like one. These are the people roasting, packing, brewing and answering your messages every day.
Josh
The one who bought the first roaster. He leads strategy, wholesale and growth, and he's the face you'll see in our videos.
John
The one who knows how to work the machine. Every roast profile goes past John before it reaches you.
Joy
Our sister, and the reason things actually run on time. If you've messaged us on social media, you've probably met Joy.
Desmond
Keeps the roster, the inventory and the team running smoothly day to day.
Akasyah
Looks after our people and how we work. He also helps get every new release priced, packed and onto the shelf.
Brendon
Works alongside John in the roastery. He helps source green coffee and checks every batch for quality.
Clavern
Runs the bar at Kota Kemuning. Ask him what's tasting good this week.
Mikka
Works behind the scenes so your order arrives right and on time.
And our bar crew: Alicia, Kylie, Maurice and Aisyah, the friendly faces pulling your shots on weekends and busy days.
Take a peek inside the roastery
The machines, the team, and the daily work behind every bag you buy.
We'd love to brew you a cup
Visit us at 18, Jalan Anggerik Vanilla Y 31/Y, Kota Kemuning, 40460 Shah Alam. Or start at home: pick a flavour that sounds good and we'll take it from there.
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