Inside the brand new Pony Espresso store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All photographs courtesy of Pony Espresso.

A brand new espresso roasting firm known as Pony Espresso is exhibiting itself in Tulsa, with its first cafe in a landmark constructing in Riverview.

The espresso store that opened in October final 12 months spurs new life into the 100-year-old former dwelling of G. Oscar Bicycles, a regionally beloved bike store owned by photographer G. Oscar Herron. Gutted to the studs and geared up with new plumbing, electrical techniques and a brand new roof, the home maintains the creaky unique wooden floors which have withstood the foot site visitors of generations of Tulsans.

Shiplap planks line the newly vaulted ceiling upstairs, whereas contemporary white tiles brighten the wall behind the bottom ground bar. Nodding to the constructing’s previous, Pony Espresso Co-Proprietor Micky Payne curated a collection of reframed Herron images, bike stuff and different knick-knacks left over from the change in possession.

“It’s an awesome place to play ‘I Spy,’” Pony Espresso Co-Proprietor and Roaster Josh Gifford informed Each day Espresso Information. “[Herron] was an eclectic hoarder, within the sense that he had some actually cool stuff. Sure, he did have most likely 10,000 bike wheels, however he additionally had some actually cool and distinctive issues and issues that he made.”

A model new Synesso S200 espresso machine is paired with Mahlkönig grind-by-weight grinders present loads of horsepower for the espresso bar, the place Pony Espresso’s Giddy Up espresso mix options prominently.

Clay Welch, a Tulsa-based musician whose many years of specialty espresso day jobs most lately included greater than 10 years at Shades of Brown Espresso & Artwork, is the Pony Espresso accomplice main the bar and occasional program.

Gifford, in the meantime, leans into coaching acquired from his previous pal Rob Stewart, proprietor of Tulsa-based Chimera Espresso, with a view to roast coffees from Costa Rica, Tanzania and Ethiopia on Chimera’s 12-kilo U.S. Roaster Corp machine. Every of the coffees are supplied as single origins when not herded into the instantly in style flagship mix.

“It’s been crushing. It’s actually approachable as an espresso, it’s not tremendous acidic,” stated Gifford. “Once you hit it with a bit little bit of milk like in a cortado, that final sip of it is extremely very similar to you simply had a chunk of caramel sweet.”

Clients can get pleasure from their drinks on the wraparound porch or the big coated patio outdoors, or inside both at tables, comfortable couches and swiveling lounge chairs that each one reinforce the classic homey vibes.

“The decor inside is absolutely arrange like a home — lots of couches and comfortable chairs like your crunchy previous grandma’s home or one thing,” stated Gifford, who additionally owns a bar and music venue in Tulsa known as Soundpony. “Lots of people evaluate it to the texture that you simply get in an Oregon or Colorado mountain city.”

The Chimera Espresso machine.

The acquainted Pegasus that seems in Soundpony branding reappears within the Pony Espresso brand, the place the wing takes the type of a steaming cup of espresso. The design adorns the cafe signage in addition to refillable whole-bean espresso cans.

The corporate lately secured a warehouse house on Charles Web page Blvd. in Tulsa for the event of its personal roasting services later this 12 months.

“We’re headed in direction of having our personal roastery,” stated Gifford. “That house has the potential to have a pleasant large patio as nicely. As soon as we get that rolling, we’re hoping that may also be a web site that folks can come and hang around and drink espresso.”

Pony Espresso is positioned at 1623 South Important Road in Tulsa. Feedback? Questions? Information to share? Contact DCN’s editors right here. For all the newest espresso business information, subscribe to the DCN publication. 

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