Ronan Mill blends coffee, flowers and wildebeest
BERL TISKUS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
Trinity Rosenbaum and her eland friend welcome coffee drinkers and lotus sippers to the Ronan Mill. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March 2023, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. | April 3, 2025 12:00 AM
Wildebeests, coffee, lotus drinks, and flowers lend a unique ambiance to the Ronan Mill on Round Butte Road. The neon coffee sign in its window gives just a hint of the surprising business inside.
The surprise isn’t the cozy room that smells deliciously of coffee; it’s the taxidermy mounts of wildebeest and eland and longhorn skulls that decorate the walls and are conversation starters.
Owner Trinity Rosenbaum makes delicious coffee drinks and lotus concoctions, and arranges fresh flowers.
With local delivery offered for drinks, Rosenbaum sometimes summons her parents in to help. She said the favorite sips are lotus drinks.
The Ronan Mill, located at 35958 Round Butte Road, is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Drop in for a tasty mocha, latte, or lotus and say “hi” to the stately wildebeest. Call 406 546-4540 to order a beverage, a bouquet or both.
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