3 new Tri-Cities places for sweets and cold treats — some even deliver
Three Tri-Citians took their passions into the kitchen and turned them around to offer fashionable cookies, crazy coffee drinks and a cold-brew coffee dropped off right at your front door.
Daisy’s Sweet Treats
Daisy Sanchez of Pasco wanted to do something very special for her son’s 2013 graduation — but failed.
“They were the most awful looking cookies in the world,” she said.
That flop pushed Sanchez to figure out the craft of cookie decorating. She has since evolved her skills and recently opened Daisy’s Sweet Treats, a specialized cookie bakery out of her home.
“It’s that one thing I love to do that keeps me calm. It is something that relaxes me,” said Sanchez, who says it is how she decompresses from her full-time job in the banking industry.
She sells cookies by the dozen for $28 and $48 depending on the complexity of the design. She has created flowers, animals, beer bottles, wedding dresses and cookies reminiscent of the classic movie, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
She said each customer has a conversation with her about what they want from an order.
“If you can dream it, I can try it,” Sanchez said. “I’ve been able to meet every challenge.”
To see examples of her work go to Daisy’s Sweet Treats on Instagram or Daisy’s Sweet Treats on Facebook. For more information, call 509-430-6043.
Coffee Crush drive-thru
Combine popping boba, homemade tamarind sauce and Tajin seasoning, and you’ll get a Lava Flow.
It’s Coffee Crush’s local spin on a type of Mexican candy called a Lucas Meucas lollipop.
“Our roots are Mexican, and wanted to incorporate our culture into our business,” said Carmen Valencia who owns the coffee shop along with her business partner Cinthia Beltran.
Soon it will be easier to order their “crazy” drinks after they relocate to a space with a drive-thru at 6615 Chapel Hill Hill Blvd. off Road 68 in Pasco. Valencia expects to open in their new location in the beginning of August.
Coffee Crush also features drinks such an horchata latte — rice soaked in water and cinnamon and blended into a coffee drink, as well as mazapan latte — a blended coffee drink inspired by a customer using mazapan peanut candy, a treat Valencia said is a part of many Hispanic kids’ childhoods.
“We have a very good connection with our customers,” Valencia said. “That is what coffee does — it makes people happy.”
Hours at new location have not yet been finalized but will be updated on the Coffee Crush Facebook page. Until they move, hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1446 Spaulding Ave., Suite 104, Richland.
Nando’s Cold Brew coffee delivery
Fernando Rosales started Nando’s Cold Brew coffee delivery service after trying to convince his wife, Adrianna, to give up her $250-a-month habit of buying coffee.
“She told me, “If you can figure something out — go ahead and do it,” said Rosales, who works full-time in maintenance at Hanford.
Rosales took the challenge seriously and perfected a recipe. He now delivers home brew to Tri-Cities area homes Mondays and Thursday as his second job in addition to family duties of helping care for his four daughters.
He uses a local coffee roaster and says that his filtration system results in a smooth, clean coffee without acidity or bitterness and just enough caffeine. Fernando makes small batches to order and always delivers fresh.
“I honestly thought that it would be a hobby for me and my wife,” he said. “I started sharing with friends as an experiment and they started telling their friends — then they asked if I could bottle it for them to take to work.”
For $25, Fernando will drop off a 64-ounce growler filled with cold brew. For future orders, customers set their empty growler on their doorstep, and he’ll replace it will a full one for $20.
For more information, go to Nando’s Cold Brew Facebook or Nando’s Cold Brew Instagram. To order go to Nandos-coldbrew-107120-109192.square.site.
This story was originally published July 22, 2020 at 2:49 PM.