RIO COFFEE — Restaurant in Ashiya

My review of Rio Coffee in Ashiya

I’ve wanted to check out this coffee speciality store and roastery for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed. They roast coffee beans and serve hand-brewed speciality coffee. Moreover, they offer you a selection of coffee beans to choose from and I chose Kenya today and it was one of the best cups of coffee I’ve ever had! I observed the staff make my coffee. She seemed to do everything right and tasted my coffee several times before serving me. Even the cup was preheated. The flavor of the coffee was excellent. A little spicy and with some good acidity. And this was not even their no.1 coffee. Next time, I’m planning to drink their best and most expensive coffee. They call it “Top of the top” if I remember correctly. However, the interior was not very comfortable and relaxing. It was a bit cold (maybe because I went there right after opening in the morning) and noisy, because of the coffee roasting machine. For coffee enthusiasts no doubt interesting because you can watch all the machines and computers that are needed to roast coffee beans. But not very cosy because in the back of the place things (machines, computers, coffee beans sacks etc.) are scattered around everywhere. But that’s ok, because this place in first respect is a speciality coffee roaster and not just a cafe. As for as I can judge from drinking only one coffee there, I think that when it comes to the quality of coffee beans and the coffee they serve there, this place cannot be beaten. It has at least the same quality standard as...

Local famous cafe. Maybe they make good drip coffee, but they really don’t know about espresso & latte. The latte has no body and tastes like just water with latte flavor. They use very entry-level espresso machine and the milk is too thin. Not...

This is the first time I visit since the shop renewed the interior. I had a cafe late and really enjoyed the flavor! Great coffee and milk!! Also the carrot cake, was really nice! Great service and atmosphere, and can’t...