This is a sticky bun from my favorite coffee shop, The Loft of Spring Branch. I love just about everything they make here.
The Loft is my office. It's open at 7 a.m. Tuesday thru Saturday. And this is where I have my breakfast four days a week and where I can be found working on my blog after socializing with the other old-dogs of Comal County. The fare is lighter than some of my other haunts, unless you go for some of the more sugary treats. For more information go to www.loftcoffee.com.
The Loft Coffee House is located in Bulverde on US-281 about 30 miles north of the city limits of San Antonio. It is just north of where TX-46 intersects with US-281. If you are heading north, the coffee shop is conveniently located on the right side. If you are driving south, take the first U-turn past the place.
Here's Much of What the Loft Offers for Breakfast:
And Here's Where the Coffee Engineering Takes Place:
Quiche Lorraine:
This quiche is great stuff. Loaded with chunks of bacon and cheese. This is what I call lite fare. Don't ask for the calorie count. There quiche inspired me to develop a Cajun quiche. I'll share it with you in a later blog.
Quiche Florentine:
They call this the spinach quiche. If you ask for quiche florentine, you may get the other. They mean well, but these are country folks. This quiche is a wondrous combination of spinach, onions, and swiss cheese. You have to have swiss cheese with spinach.
Scones:
When I'm in a sugary mood, I order a scone with my coffee. And I love all three. The one on the left is a raspberry/white-chocolate scone. Whoever realized that raspberry and white chocolate go together was a genius. The one in the middle is my favorite with coffee, brown sugar scone. On those days, I may put the unrefined sugar in my coffee as well. Finally, the one on the right is the blueberry scone. The blueberries partially melt into the dough when the scones are baked making this a real treat.
Sticky Buns:
Don't you just want to rub your face in this! One of these buns will give me a two-hour sugar high. And they are loaded with pecans (pronounced pa-cons, and not pee-cans).
And the Cinnamon Rolls:
I want to lick the icing off of these rolls! Great stuff, loaded with cinnamon and inundated with icing. Look at the deformed roll in front, that one's mine. Another sugar high!
Ham-n-Cheese Kolaches:
For the meat lovers, try their kolaches: ham-n-cheese and sausage-n-cheese. The Loft once marketed a lighter kolach, turkey and cranberries, but not enough people wanted it. Give us pig in our kolaches!
Sausage-n-Cheese Kolaches:
This is my favorite and I generally have to have two of them. The dough is special to this place, not the hard/heavy tasteless dough you find in kolaches elsewhere. It's softer and lighter, but not doughy. You have to try one to know what I am trying to describe.
And Don't Forget the Coffee:
Texas Pecan is my favorite, though from time to time I have to decaffeinate my self. The Loft also serves Breakfast Blend and French Roast as well as all of those fancy ones they make in that huge machine and the ones that take that son-cone syrup stuff. For those who drink decaffeinated coffee, the Loft has French Vanilla Cream to flavor it.
The Lofters:
Though the food and coffee are great, what makes this place are the people. I call the regulars the Lofters. Just about everyone here is very sociable, and the place can get quite loud at times. You might come in this place alone, but if you sit yourself at the long table (don't wait for an invite), you won't drink coffee alone. Somebody will talk to you.
By the way, there is an upstairs loft in the place they use for meetings and other stuff. I'm not a stair climber anymore so I don't use the Loft's loft.
