East Idaho Eats: Moose Ridge Coffee Co. serves up fresh coffee, hot chocolate and lunch items – East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – Espresso drinkers who love Idaho now have a brand new place to get a freshly brewed cup in a restaurant that showcases the distinctive options of the Gem State.

Kimberly Floyd, who owns Moose Ridge Espresso Co. along with her husband, Beau, describes the aesthetic of her store as an outdoorsy really feel, just like what you may see at a lodge or nationwide park. It’s inside Snake River Touchdown at 1157 Pier View Drive and provides a wide range of drink and meals gadgets.

It has a rotating seasonal menu of espresso and scorching chocolate, and its winter menu contains maple bourbon latte, white chocolate cayenne mocha and peppermint mocha.

EastIdahoNews.com sampled the white chocolate cayenne mocha, together with the charcuterie board, which is a number of specialty cheeses, Italian cured meats, seasonal fruit, nuts, toasted bread and selfmade fig jam, and a sea salt chocolate. We additionally tried a cheese danish, balsamic rooster panini served with grilled rooster, Pepperjack cheese, avocado, tomato, balsamic herb alioli and different herbs, a jasmine dawn drink with lemonade and jasmine tea and glowing lemonade. Watch it within the video above.

The whole lot is made contemporary every day, together with the lemonade and the pastries.

“We work with Oak Cliff Espresso out of Texas, who’s our roaster,” Kimberly tells EastIdahoNews.com. “We get contemporary espresso each week. We don’t maintain espresso for greater than 4 weeks. If it’s not offered or brewed, we discard it. And we don’t maintain brewed espresso for greater than an hour.”

The duo has at all times cherished espresso and the out of doors facilities supplied in jap Idaho. It’s these two issues that prompted them to open a espresso store.

“It was a kind of issues that was at all times, ‘Sometime we’ll do it.’ In 2020, COVID occurred, and there was a variety of challenges and alternatives. We simply determined we’re going to do it,” Kimberly says.

Beau is initially from San Diego and spent a while within the U.S. Air Pressure earlier than turning into a pastor at Emmaus Highway Church on Northgate Mile.

The Floyds are hoping to supply cupping and tasting courses sooner or later to show individuals the right way to make their very own Moose Ridge espresso at residence. They’d additionally wish to see the enterprise develop with one other location someplace in jap Idaho.

Kimberly says they’ve had a gradual stream of shoppers since opening final month, they usually’re trying ahead to serving new prospects going ahead.

Moose Ridge Espresso Co. is open from 7 a.m. to three p.m., Monday by way of Saturday.