Sampler at Gnaw Bone Coffee
As regular readers of these columns know, there is nothing the Sampler likes better than a good cup of coffee.
Mystically speaking, there’ s a perfect spot to enjoy the perfect cup of coffee, and that spot may change from day to day, or week to week due to circumstances.
I had been picking up a little intel on the coffee underground about something brewing out Gnaw Bone way. So one recent Saturday morning, I collected up Mrs. Sampler and headed out to Gnaw Bone Coffee.
It’ s on the north side of SR 46 just at the western edge of Gnaw Bone, next to the Brown County Vacation Rentals office.
It is a large and airy space, immaculately clean. The furnishings are new and modern.
The brand new java joint is owned and operated by Joy and Cecil Martin. They’ ve just been at it a couple of weeks, so you might want to cut them some slack if they experience a few glitches or delays.
Their offerings are extensive but not overwhelming, touching nicely on all things enjoyed as a treat beverage. There’ s coffee, of course, in a medium roast, dark roast or decaf in different sizes or by the pot.
Now, if you are the sort of person who flavors up their coffee, there are plenty of flavors to choose from
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You could try a chai tea latte or maybe a flavored espresso.
I will be honest. I don’ t really care for all of the frills. When I say coffee, I mean dark-roasted black coffee.
I don’ t mind if you follow that path yourself. Let each pilgrim of the holy bean choose his or her own way. Mrs. Sampler, likes quite a bit of cream in her coffee, a café au lait— but I don’ t hold that against her.
Maybe you’ re a tea person adrift in an ocean of coffee drinkers. The Sampler sympathizes. A wide variety of teas are on offer, sweet or unsweetened: chai tea, ginger peach, chai spice, fusion green, green, earl grey, jasmine blossom, orange spice, pomegranate raspberry, Moroccan mint, English breakfast, peppermint, lemon, hibiscus, chamomile, and wild raspberry.
We received our dark, hot brew in the customary tall paper cup with a paper heat shield thingy. We elect to sit at one of the comfortable tables while we enjoy a warm, gooey Gnaw bun.
A Gnaw bun is the Brown County sticky cinnamon roll, baked on site by the owner and excellently tasty. They come with and without nuts, but either way they are by themselves worth the drive to the outer fringes of the county.
Along with the hard-to-resist Gnaw Bun, those with a sweet tooth can get classic style cheesecake with traditional cherry topping, or a banana or apple muffin.
They’ ve been running a special of a Gnaw Bun and a 12 ounce latte for five bucks. I don’ t know what right minded coffee break lover could resist that deal. Look for future breakfast / lunch offerings and specials. You sit in a little coffee shop with your best friend on a Saturday morning and watch the parade of life go by. The coffee is dark and delicious, the sweet roll tender, gooey, and delectable.
We sit and talk about the coffee shop and the different folks who stop in to grab a coffee to go. All in all, it was a very pleasant experience. The address of Gnaw Bone Coffee is 4040 State Road 46 East, just five minutes east of Nashville. You can contact them at( 812) 374-3981. •
66 Our Brown County Sept./ Oct. 2017