Inside of the historic Rogers building downtown, there is a small community of hidden gems. Two being Zz Coffee and The Plant Box.
Located inside Suite 110 is this cozy coffee shop, and a few steps away is a specialty plant shop.
The two small businesses are owned by best friends Kaitlynn Reagle and Chayla Rasmussen, who have been best friends since the 4th grade and both dreamed of one day owning their own business.
Kaitlynn has always had a love for coffee, having been a barista for six years, and Chayla has always been passionate about plants. “I’ve wanted to open a coffee shop since I was in high school, and after graduating, I thought, ‘One day I will own a coffee shop,” Kaitlynn said.
Chayla too had a long-awaited dream of owning a plant shop. “I went to my first specialty houseplant store a few years ago, and this one was specific to different, unique, rare plants, and they offered that if you bought a plant and a pot, they would pot it for free,” Chayla said. “And I just loved that idea. So I thought, ‘You know what? I just want to follow my dreams.’”
In January of 2023, Kaitlynn was building a trailer set to become a coffee trailer when Chayla was looking for a space for her plant shop when the idea sparked to share a space and follow their dreams together. “I texted her, and I said, ‘Hey, you should come and look at this space, because how fun would it be to do plants and coffee?’” Chayla said. “This was both of our dreams.”
In August of 2024, their dreams came true when Zz Coffee and The Plant Box opened its doors, and since opening, this cozy space has become a hot spot for the community to gather.
Inside the coffee shop are a variety of unique flavor combinations and syrups that make this spot stand out. “We offer a couple of house syrups and specialty syrups that are unique to us because they’re house-made recipes,” Kaitlynn said. And inside of the specialty plant shop are an abundance of plants and plant supplies that you won’t find anywhere else.
“We get a lot of girlfriends that come to have a coffee date, and then after they go and pick out a plant. They get matching plants, and then they pick out a pot, and they can make it unique to them,” Chayla said.
“It’s just a fun place for friends and families to come pick out a gift for somebody, pick out a plant for themselves, and have a coffee date.”
