When I'm in the Twin Cities, my usual nutrition studio where I get shakes and teas with little to no sugar is North Country Nutrition. For nearly a year, Step Up Nutrition, which is also located in Eagan, has been following one of my social media accounts. I reciprocated.
The first thing that I noticed about the folks behind Step Up Nutrition is that they support their sister studios around the Twin Cities. It's nice and refreshing to see.
The owner, Kiersten, is open about sharing her 85-pound weight loss. She recently ran a race and put a ton of hours preparing for it.
Last Saturday, I decided to drop by this studio to check it out. It was a rather late start for me, to the point where I got to the studio five minutes before it closed at 1 pm. Oops! I blame watching a penguin documentary in my cozy hotel room.
I had no problem find this location. It's diagonally across from a Walgreens that I enjoy frequenting, along with Oryza Poke & Ramen.
There was lots of parking. I pulled into a spot and walked in.
There were three staff members who were incredibly energetic and cheerful. I got to meet Kiersten. She asked how I had found out about their studio. I indicated that someone behind their account had followed mine, which felt similar to how ZeeV's found me.
It was nice to learn that Kiersten and her finance are big Minnesota Wild fans. Everyone got to hear my brief story of returning here to Wild games.
I did a tea-shake combo. I always like ordering off whatever special menu that is available.
The November menu is out in full force. I knew what shake I wanted, but I had questions about the tea flavours. Kiersten was kind to show me the flavours for each tea on her phone. Awesome!
I got the following drinks:
- French silk pie shake
- Crisp air tea
I got the shake without whipped cream. I don't know whether French silk pie is exclusively Minnesotan, but I only remember it on the menu at either Bakers Square or Perkins whenever I'm in this state.
What I love about each studio is that staff are so welcoming. This one is no different.
I entered my phone number in their system and saw three profiles of me. Hey, I have multiple personalities! I went with the first one. They all were valid, but the first one had more details about of the three.
I paid with a credit card. I then took photos of my drinks. I loved that my tea had an inspirational message written on it. This place is big on such messages, as you see them on the wall as part of its decor.
I thanked everyone here, especially for making me drinks so close to their quitting time. I headed out the door and into my car.
I loved the French silk pie shake. The real pie has a crust, with smooth chocolate filling, and whipped cream. This shake had crust-like bits on top, with creamy chocolate throughout the shake. I am not a huge whipped cream fan, so I got that omitted. This shake was awesome!
The crisp air tea had lemon tea as its base. It had lemon and lime notes, pineapple, and blueberry blast. It was refreshing and make my tastebuds happy! It was like a fancy tropical mocktail.
It was a great first visit. I look forward to returning for more shakes and teas.
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