Vector House
Cacao, red plum, toasted almond.
Surry Hills / Coffee System 01
Coffee with voltage.
Reuben Hills is an urban coffee lab built around precise brewing, seasonal coffee, sharp food and a city-first point of view.
Current coffee
Experimental where it matters. Straightforward where it counts.
Brew variable
02.07
espresso
02.07
espresso
Dose 20.0 g
Yield 42 g
Time 29 s
Coffee should be exact enough to repeat and interesting enough to rethink.
Reuben Hills treats coffee like a working system: source well, measure carefully, taste constantly, adjust without ego.
The result is coffee that feels alive in the cup, backed by a café that runs at the speed of the neighbourhood around it.
02 / Current coffee
Four coffees. Four settings.
Small seasonal line-up, presented with the kind of data we actually use behind the bar.
Brazil + Colombia
Espresso / Medium
Milk / Straight
Altitude 1650
Peach, bergamot, panela.
Redline
Cherry, cacao nib, brown sugar.
Static Bloom
Jasmine, citrus, stone fruit.
03 / Coffee lab
Control the variables. Keep the coffee interesting.
Every brew starts with a repeatable baseline, then gets adjusted for the coffee, the weather and the way the shot is actually tasting that day.
01
19–21 g
Dose
Weigh in, weigh out. Consistency starts before water hits coffee.
02
Micro-adjust
Grind
Adjusted through service as humidity, bean age and flow shift.
03
1:2 target
Extraction
Measured for clarity, sweetness and balance rather than numbers for their own sake.
04
92–94 °C
Temperature
Set to suit roast development and extraction behaviour.
05 / From bean to cup
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02
03
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Source → Roast → Rest → Grind → Brew
Source
Seasonal coffees selected for structure and flavour definition.
Roast
Profiles developed to preserve character, not flatten it.
Rest
Enough time for the coffee to settle before service.
Grind
Adjusted in real time for extraction behaviour.
Brew
Measured, tasted, served, repeated.
06 / The space
Concrete, steel, daylight, coffee.
A city room built for fast mornings and long tables: hard-working materials, strong light, clean lines and enough visual noise to feel alive.
Material set: concrete / steel / tile
Surry Hills / NSW
07 / Daily rhythm
Open early. Stay sharp.
Mon–Fri
06:30
— 16:00
— 16:00
Sat–Sun
07:00
— 16:00
— 16:00
08 / Location
18 Vector LaneSurry Hills, Sydney.
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Australia
09 / The Dispatch
New coffee. Menu drops. Brewing notes.
Low-frequency updates from Reuben Hills: seasonal releases, events, new food, coffee experiments and things worth putting on your radar.
10 / Contact