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RI business brings Puerto Rican holiday drink stateside

"Coquito" is a rum-based cream liqueur with coconut and vanilla often made at home in Puerto Rico during the Christmas season.

One year later, founders behind R I coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

“The infrastructure just isn’t here,” said one of the founders of Papi’s Coquito, which is rebranding, of Rhode Island’s ability to home-grow food and beverage companies.

5 Companies Founded by RIC Entrepreneurs

Here are just a few RIC entrepreneurs who created Rhode Island-based businesses. They run the gamut from fitness to fashion. Some have partnered with others to launch their ventures and others have gone it alone; but none could have achieved what they have without a bold belief in their ideas and in themselves. These are their success stories.

Coquito is all about culture : Rhode Island Latinos create traditional Puerto Rican beverage

Coquito is all about culture : Rhode Island Latinos create traditional Puerto Rican beverage
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RIC Alumni Increase Latinx Representation at Your Local Liquor Store

(From left, Travis Escobar, Victor Regino and Luis Olmo) Luis Olmo ’15 and Travis Escobar ’13, along with their business partner Victor Regino, are co-owners of Papi’s Refrescos, the first liquor company in the Ocean State owned by millenial Latinos.  Papi’s Refrescos aims to reflect the lifestyles and cultures of a diverse Latinx community through a variety of traditional beverages, beginning with their first brand, Papi’s Coquito, a coconut-based alcoholic drink. 

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