Kopplin Coffee Shop

Remember when it was spring last week? It is but a fading memory. This weekend it is threatening to snow, yes, snow, here in our fair Saint Paul. Since you won't be taking the kids to the park, head over to Kopplin Coffee Shop instead for a warm-you-down-to-your-tootsies treat.

Yes, they brew one of the best cups of coffee in town, and yes, they have lovely pastries from Rustica, like a golden brown danish crowned with a little shiny slice of peach or a paper-thin vanilla lemon cookie that melts delicately in your mouth. Yes, they have all those things plus knowledgeable, down to earth service, but the best reason to bundle up and leave the house is their oh-my-God-where-have-you-been-all-my-life hot chocolate.

Order the Rouge hot chocolate, and you will be handed a small cup of rich, velvety cocoa the likes of which Swiss Miss has only dreamt of. Made with locally crafted Rouge chocolate this divine concoction reminded me of MarieBelle in New York City except their version $7 and came in a itsy bitsy dixie cup.

As you sip the molten chocolate, close your eyes, ignore the sleet whipping outside the front window,  and you might just forget all about Spring. Doesn't look like it's coming anyway.

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