Roasting Room is well-known among coffee lovers in Suzhou. Its founder, Kevin, is from Taiwan and has served as a judge in major coffee competitions and is a certified specialty barista by CQI Q-Grader. Today, Kevin has opened two Roasting Rooms in Suzhou, one in the Urban Garden Community and the other in Suyue Plaza.
Single origin coffee is a large percentage of the Roasting Room's menu. The store offers several home-roasted premium coffee beans, such as Indonesian Mandheling G1, Brazilian orange blossom, and even a top-quality coffee bean from Panama, Geisha Prospect, which is sun-dried and has a fruity aroma of grapes and preserved fruits, as well as dark chocolate. The restaurant's espresso called Spring and Summer is the first choice for coffee beginners, this bean is a blend of 60% Guatemalan and 40% Ethiopian sun, with a medium roast and a fruity taste. Beans from the Roasting Room are available for takeaway, and guests will receive a cup of coffee for pick-up.
Roasting Room's two stores in Suzhou are positioned differently. Located in the Urban Garden Community, this shop is the first coffee shop in the Roasting Room, with a small façade and only a handful of seats, and most of the customers are residents of the surrounding communities; The store mainly promotes specialty coffee culture and displays home-roasted beans, with takeaway beans as the main source of business, and customers may not be able to drink pour-over coffee when they come to the store. As a reminder, this store is closed on Mondays. Another store in Suyue Plaza is now taking on the role of promoting the Roasting Room, with a compact bar and various award certificates hanging on the walls to show its professionalism. The waiter will also chat with the guests after serving the coffee, explaining some coffee knowledge, and is very enthusiastic.
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How do you drink specialty coffee?
The best way to taste a cup of specialty coffee is to experience the flavor of the coffee itself without milk or sugar. Most first-time coffee tasters have a hard time understanding why anyone is so obsessed with this sour, bitter, dull-colored liquid. It is recommended to drink your first cup of specialty coffee with the mentality of tea, coffee is the same as tea, aroma and taste are its greatest charm. If you find the taste too strong, adding water is the best solution, as it dilutes the flavor of the coffee without taking away the aroma of the coffee. Alternating between strong and dark, even hot and cold, the same coffee can be drunk with different flavors.
