TAMPA, Fla. — There’s a Tampa girl who’s altering the best way we eat espresso. Instead of pouring it right into a glass, she’s infusing it into desserts.
“So we infuse all our baked goods with espresso, whether it’s the brownies, the chocolate chip cookies, we even have espresso-infused snickerdoodles,” stated Lizette Rivera.
Many of Lizette Rivera’s recipes may be traced again to her mom and their Cuban household roots.
“She would tell me, ‘this needs to be a little stronger,’ in our culture, we really want to taste that coffee in the brownie,” stated Rivera about her mom, Rose.
Rose, who lived with dementia, would at all times ask Rivera to place the treats in a field for her to take residence.
“I didn’t know she was putting it on stoops of people that either had COVID or didn’t really have family,” stated Rivera.
It seems the suggestions was simply as sturdy because the espresso itself, and Roasted Whisk was born, a coffee-inspired gift box business.
Each field has a memento, like a sticker, mug or candle, that lets the recipient know somebody understands what they’re going via. An concept Rivera obtained from her mother.
“Make people feel like when they got it, they were sitting here in the kitchen with me having coffee just talking because it does bring people together,” stated Rivera.
In recognition of Dementia Awareness Month, Rivera launched a particular field known as ‘Forget Me Knot,’ with proceeds going again to The Dementia Society of America.
“It’s really important. I can’t tell you the number of people around me, friends, family, that a parent, grandparent, loved one, has dementia or Alzheimer’s,” stated Rivera.
She stated when she began baking, she hoped to make one thing tasty, however what she ended up with was one thing really heartfelt between her and her mom that can contact so many households battling this illness.
“It means so much to me that I can do this business in her honor,” stated Rivera.