Ronja Espresso — Restaurant in Rostock

We drove a good way (50 km) just in hope of good coffee. Ronja had two espressoblends to choose from - one with 50% Robusta and one with 25% robusta (who still use Robusta anyway? Ronja do 😒 ) Both blends looked like they were roasted way past second crack (at least way to dark). I then asked if We could have Espresso from what looked like a lighter roast from Honduras, and I was happy when she said yes. But my happiness was short - when I saw the double espressoshot run in about 12 seconds. For those who dont know about runningtime, an Espressoshot should roughly run in about 30 seconds. When a shot run fast, it tend to get more sourness and if it runs long, it tend to get more bitterness. The coffe was bad, bitter, burned and smokey, with no body and any floral flavors. They did for sure not know much about coffee or just did not care, wich is sad for Rostock - because looking for good coffee in Rostock on google, Ronja Espresso looked the...

Das ist ein schöner Ort für unser überschaubares Kiez. Kleiner Laden mit interessantem Publikum, irgendjemanden trifft man immer. An wärmeren Tagen kann man - sofern man einen Platz kriegt - auch draußen sitzen und das Dobi-Treiben beobachten. An erster Stelle aber natürlich leckerer Kaffe und Espresso, in vielen Variationen und loser Kaffe für zu Hause und Schokolade und Cookies.....

Nachtrag vom Sept. 2020 zum Stern-Abzug: Leider etwas blöd, dass die wenigen Plätze draußen von immer den gleichen Gesprächsrunden sehr lange blockiert werden, noch dazu mit leeren Tassen, und man kaum eine Chance hat auf...

Nice service, nice ambiance, but the coffee quality is lacking.

And the flat white is in a large mug, thus the coffee to milk ratio is fundamentally wrong (source: I'm...