Cafe Rothem 카페 로뎀 — Restaurant in Duluth

I happened upon Rothem thinking it was a bookstore that had a coffee shop in it. I’m so glad I was wrong, it turned out to be more than that. This is a little gem hidden inside an ordinary shopping plaza in Duluth.

Cafe Rothem has a distinctive way of brewing their coffee through a Siphon. Highlighted on their wall. Each siphon is actually used at a table enough for four patrons. I’ve heard of pour over, French, but a siphon? Love the personal touch and care of this brewing method. I ordered a nitro brew and while I knew ordering a South American coffee would be most likely a Colombian this particular brand Panama is interestingly not like any Colombian I’ve tried and not bitter nor overly fruity.

As a slightly fruity but very smooth coffee I now can attest the fruitier coffee is best as a Nitro brew. I’ve never appreciated a washed or fruity South America mn or African coffee has a hot brew. Love this smoothness and still medium bodied coffee as a Nitro.

The house made ‘blooming pumpkin bread’ was not overwhelming nor underwhelming. Just enough pumpkin taste and not over powered by the cream cheese. My fear was the cream cheese filling would overpower the pumpkin taste. The hand made waffle like pastry which I’ve never tried was cute and sweet as expected definitely could taste a bit of the brown sugar.

It’s also great that Cafe Rothem uses sustainable sourced coffee and is a part of the local community as it featured local artists in monthly music performances. Love the serene...

I love this place! I was looking for a nice place to study and i found it. I hesitated to even write a review because I dont want it to be packed with people the next time I go! Lol! I had a latte that was so hot and good! It was better than Starbucks. It just tasted REAL and made Starbucks seem commercial. (Trust me. Ive actually had lattes in Italy.)

The people were warm and welcoming. It just felt like going to your auntie's shop. There is a feeling of inclusiveness here. You can tell that it is run by good people.

I also had half a turkey sandwich that was off the chain. All of the ingredients were fresh. The lettuce was ever so crispy and the bread was a sweet grainy wheat. It was so damn good just to be a turkey sandwich! Lol! It also came with a bag of chips. They put it on a cute wooden serving tray that you take back to your table. The sandwich is wrapped up in a piece of wax paper with a toothpick stuck through it to hold everything neatly in place. It was placed onto a cute decorative plate that reinforced the feeling of being at auntie's coffee shop. Everything just seemed like it was made with...

Fairly sized cafe, housing Sunday church gatherings and rentable meeting rooms. I tried both the coffee and a pastry and I'd rate them as mediocre; which, to clarify, isn't a bad rating but also not an outstanding one either. It's highly rated here; so, maybe I'm missing out on something major, but this is based off my window of experience. Things you should know: I. PARKING Cafe Rothem is within the Howell Center Plaza and shares a public parking lot with the adjacent surrounding businesses. Parking is easy and free. It fills up mid-day ~ so you'll have to park a little further out and walk (which isn't too bad). II. SERVICE They are very friendly but very slow. I ordered a pre-made Pain au Chocolat and Americano and it took 20+ minutes for them to have it ready. The shop had various tables still available, so they weren't at capacity. I would expect slow service here. III. QUALITY The coffee was standard 그렇지만 the pastry was very dry. It wasn't that buttery and moist flakey texture you'd want a croissant to be ~ barely any chocolate filling. IV. CAPACITY Plenty of available seating for a weekend afternoon. Very...