New Coffee Tea Bakery Opens In Historic Farmhouse In Basking Ridge

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Food Network contestant and gingerbread extraordinaire Mollie Dowd has officially opened The Porch, a new coffee tea bakery in Basking Ridge.

The Porch opened last week inside an 1850s farmhouse at 107 S Maple Ave. in Basking Ridge alongside Dowd's handmade luxury gingerbread boutique called Edible Estates.

The Porch is focusing on serving signature coffee and tea. They are serving a lot of Macha which Dowd is getting from Ooika in Princeton. The Porch is also really heavy on organic loose-leaf teas.

Additionally, The Porch is also serving Onyx coffee, which Dowd said is a leading coffee roaster. They are the first in New Jersey to serve Onyx.

On the bakery side, The Porch offers the "Edible Estates' small batch baked goods.

Dowd said she will incorporate ingredients from the cafe into the bakery side such as chocolate, coffee, matcha, turmeric, Earl Grey teas, and more.

"It's not going to be your classic bakery where you come in and look at the big window of donuts. That's exactly what we're not going to be. It's a little more specialty than that, and it's pairings with what's going on in the coffee shop," said Dowd to Patch in a previous interview.

Additionally, around the holidays, Edible Estates will offer specialty items such as pies for Thanksgiving, gingerbread items for Christmas, special cookies, and more.

Dowd also has an edible art studio in the back, where locals can have events. Guests can come in with a group of friends and do an activity that is immersive and completely edible, such as gingerbread house building.

For more information, visit theporchnj.com or instagram.com/theporchcoffeenj.

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