Product Review: Happy Horse Coffee For Horse Girls
Before I head to the barn, there’s one staple I must have or else I can’t function: coffee.
It’s a necessity. Always.
And a good, rich brew goes a long way in getting me in the right headspace before a ride. I recently tried a brand of coffee made just for horse girls: Happy Horse Coffee.
Available in light, medium and dark roasts, as well as flavored blends, Happy Horse Coffee comes in ground or whole-bean bags. The coffee is sourced from South America and Indonesia and each order is small-batch roasted in the Carolinas.
Plus Happy Horse Coffee is owned by a real life horse girl, Melissa, who competes in show jumping as an amateur under the instruction of Doug and Jessica Payne.
My favorite is the light roast called “Turn-N-Burn,” featuring a barrel racer cartoon on the logo, which is based on a real rider and horse close to the Happy Horse Coffee family. The Turn-N-Burn blend is a light roast with some really lovely citrus notes. Naturally, it’s inspired by “the energy of the barrel racer, and the clean finish makes it great to enjoy with pre-competition breakfast or as a midday pick-me up. This blend will have you staying sharp while hugging the barrels,” reads the Happy Horse Coffee website.
But if a robust, rich roast ain’t your thing, we highly recommend the “Start Box Blend,” a medium roast that is cookie crumble flavored. The Star Box Blend features a caricature of the one and only Doug Payne, the American Olympian himself, with his Pan American Games mount, Starr Witness. The cookie crumble flavor is made of a sugar-free mixture of graham cracker and cinnamon flavors. It offers a subtle sweetness without sacrificing the taste of a bold coffee.
Priced below $20 a bag, Happy Horse Coffee is a great gift for a barn bestie or a splurge for yourself. And the coffee tastes great, which is all that matters.
Hear our full product review of Happy Horse Coffee on Episode 139 of the Heels Down Happy Hour Podcast here.