The Hyppo

About the Business

Specialties

The Hyppo specializes in gourmet popsicles (paletas) which are made on site from fresh fruits and spices. Our pops are all natural frozen fruit on a stick with flavors ranging from funky to tangy to spicy to creamy to refreshing. Some of our flavors include Mango Habanero, Key Lime, Sour Ginger Plum, Blueberry Cinnamon, Champagne Mango, Blackberry Clove, and Strawberry Basil. All recipes have been developed in house (now over 60) and are based on seasonal availability- as such the menu is constantly changing. We also feature Intelligentsia Black Cat espresso, a direct trade coffee roasted to an ever-elusive goal of perfection by a group of coffee super-nerds - the result is fruity, creamy, and served in ceramic.

History

Established in 2010.

In the early months of 2010 Stephen DiMare was working in Montana for a winter at the Lodge at Big Sky and flew home to St. Augustine for a friend's wedding. On the flight he pitched his idea for a coffee shop to the (random) nice woman sitting next to him. She told him that what he needed in his coffee shop were ice pops, gourmet ice pops in the Mexican style. Stephen listened as she explained that paletas (Spanish for ice pops) could contain anything from cucumbers to fresh pineapple to jalapeños. With his interest piqued, Stephen returned to Montana to finish the winter ski season. He bought a set of cheap plastic ice pop molds and spent his evenings trying different combinations of flavors (as there is nothing to do in Montana after dark) and let the guests at the hotel try them and give feedback. When he came back to St. Augustine in April he had enough money saved to buy some semi-industrial ice pop molds and pay first and last months' rent on a little retail space in downtown S

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Stephen D.

Business Owner

"The idea behind the pops was simple - fresh fruit, cane sugar, and whatever other interesting things might go along with those."