RoosRoast Liberty

Great coffee! Roos Roast is my favorite coffee in Ann Arbor

I've been there once and I don't think I'll ever go back. First of all the food is very mediocre, nothing impressive, which makes the price not worthy. The kale salad is so bad, I could barely chew the kale leaves as they were so blend and chunky and dry.

Second, the store management is really bad! Because we went there and there's a huge lineup and there's only one girl working on the dishes. The other girl was there playing with her phone or spacing out the whole time not trying to help a little bit. We waited almost an hour for two poke bowls! This completely defeats the purpose of getting poke bowl because it's supposed to be a quick bite for us that day.

Also, the storefront is TINY and made the whole waiting experience so much worse.

RoosRoast has the best coffee in town. Beans are roasted at their location on Rosewood off of Industrial (between stadium and Eisenhower). I really enjoy their Dark Roast named "Portland in the 90's", which is in keeping with the dark smoky style developed in Oregon. Their "Lobster Butter Love" is a great medium roast any coffee drinker will enjoy. If you live in Ann Arbor this is the coffee to drink.

Cute place but bad experience here. My for here coffee was given in a disposable container. My friend was loudly shamed for bringing an outside beverage when the employee could have let her know the rules in a much kinder way. But anyway, was my $5.50 beverage not enough to cover us both for less than an hour? Won’t deny the drinks are yum but I can’t see myself coming back soon

If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Like really. So Go. Right now. If they're closed, camp out. Wait all night if you have to. And you'll be rewarded with probably the best cup of coffee this side of the Atlantic. Or the Pacific. Try anything-literally anything (heck I'm sure even the napkins taste like buttery puff pastry) on the menu and you'll be delighted with rich, complex and thoughtful flavors. Love. This. Coffee.

I've had their drip coffee, as well as their whole bean coffee on drip from other places that grind and prepare it on their own (under the initial guidance of RoosRoast staff). I've not been impressed with those purchases yet, pouring the cup out more often than finishing them. They have so far have been typically quite over-extracted - face-contortingly bitter, especially as the coffee cools. Sometimes I've tasted pleasant notes beneath under-extracted brews of their Lobster Butter blend, but I've not tasted it brewed well yet.

However, I recently went in to see if I could brew it better myself. I'm writing this over a cup of one of their single-origin coffees, a honey process (unspecified past that) from I think Nicaragua. My extraction on it is a touch off but I can tell that this definitely has potential to really taste great given the right water and extraction. I did notice that their bags aren't very well-sealed and the roast date was a while in the past, which limits your ability to hold it for a week or two to your preference directly after roasting.

I can't speak to the potential of their blends - perhaps I'll give one of them a try once I'm through this bag. However, I can at the very least vouch that at least this bag of beans seems to be quality enough and the roast is fine. This is also specific to their Liberty location, I've not tried their drip coffee nor roasted beans directly from their roasting location so cannot attest to its quality.

EDIT: Still going through the same bag that I started this review with. It reads: "Nicaragua regalo De Dios", Mozonte, Nueva Segovia region, Pacamara varietal. I've dialed this in and indeed it has some nice sweet notes with very little bitterness. It's a bit heavy and oily in its mouthfeel, but not acrid or sharp. I think that if comparing local roastaries I'm going to prefer Hyperion in Ypsilanti (my go-to); I'd say that these beans are a bit overdone for my tastes, but it's serviceable. Another update will be forthcoming when I'm done with this bag and try brewing their lobster butter blend.

Food is delicious! Coffee is one of the best (if not THE best) I've had in the entire US! Staff is super friendly. Good music in the right volume. PERFECT!

The only downside is the price - They definitely seat on the high end of the Ann Arbor coffee market.

The ambiance and the place are great - The coffee VERY good.
The snack provided always good.

Love it.

Great ambience, super nice baristas, a good variety of hot and cold drinks, interesting music and great location! I’ve gone during weekend afternoons to study and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or tea and I enjoy it completely. The staff is very friendly, the drink is always great and they have a healthy and very tasty food menu. Great place to visit!

Very unique feel when you first walk in. I ordered a nitro cold brew and was slightly disappointed. After having a nitro brew from another coffee shop in Michigan that is well recognized for their quality, I was saddened by the quality of the nitro brew from RoosRoast. It was like having slightly flat pop. No one really wants it, but it's drinkable. Very little creamy flavor that you would normally get from the nitrogen.

The redeeming grace here is that the barista that helped me was ready and willing to answer all questions for their drinks and beans available for sale. I was SOOOO happy to see that the beans sold there had their roast date plainly marked. This is so important for finding great beans.