It is ironic to come to Berlin and be told you can’t do something… the coffee is fine, not the best by a long shot, even Röststätte is better, or Concierge around the corner. But the worst part is the attitude and arrogance to don’t let you put milk on a cold brew because it changes the structure of the coffee… you can share that information with me and I can make a choice to do it or not, but to impose and refuse to give you milk even if you pay for it… let people do whatever they want, even if they want to drink a unstructured coffee… 😅
Looks like I’m not the first one having this experience… and the justification… our coffee beans are single origin, great farmers, bla, bla, bla… just like other dozen of coffee shops in Berlin… and they don’t impose you anything or prohibit. It makes no sense.
Idealism is great, but radicalism, judgment and imposition only get you to places I think you...
Read moreOne of my favourite coffee places … this love started with an iced Flat White and evolved with the different sorts of beans you can taste over time as it is served – there are definitely some favs. A little too pricey, so I am not there as often as I used to be. The staff is very welcoming and nice and it’s a beautiful familiar atmosphere. It’s a bright and organized place, where you can also think and work a little. Miss the times, when you could sit with your laptop at the window for an hour, while drinking one or two coffees. Now it’s only allowed at the big round table, what is not my thing. The music was better, before the concept changed. Coffee is to 95% perfect, depends on, if it’s made by the usual staff or a rookie. Thanks to Sonia, Sofia and Harry! Funny what a difference the barista makes. If you are a coffee...
Read moreThis was the first sit-down, actual in-person coffee I've had since the beginning of Corona, and I have to say it was relatively unexceptional to disappointing. We ordered two lattés, and instead got something that resembled cappuccinos (I could be way off here, but my "normal idea" of a latté is espresso with hot low-foam milk served in an 8 oz. water glass or something to that effect). The milk temperature was also a good 10 degrees below how I'd serve it - tepid? As cold as a coffee that'd been sitting out for a while on the counter. For a place that "specializes in coffee," it was terrible, but I'll give you the 3rd star out of...
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