Rewards
It started with a matcha she couldn’t love.
Leslie always adored matcha — the little ritual of it, the calm, the pocket of green in a busy day. But every cup came with the same letdown: that bitter, grassy aftertaste that lingered long after the last sip. As a mother of three, she didn’t have time for a drink she had to talk herself into finishing. So she decided to fix it herself.
A recipe of her own.
She started whisking at her own kitchen counter, adjusting a little at a time. Leslie leaned into a keto-friendly, coconut-forward blend — smooth, lightly sweet, and clean, with only the gentlest earthy note instead of that harsh grassy bite. Batch after batch, she landed on a matcha she actually looked forward to. Her coconut matcha became her signature: the drink she’d been searching for, made exactly the way she always wished it tasted.
An esthetician by trade, a maker at heart.
Leslie is a licensed esthetician — that’s her craft, her training, her love for helping people feel good in their own skin. But even back in esthetician school, she was the one showing up with a tray of matcha for her classmates. Watching their faces light up at the first sip was its own kind of joy. What began as a treat for friends slowly grew into something she couldn’t ignore.
Everything, by the book.
When Leslie decided to share her drinks, she refused to cut corners. She earned her Arizona cottage food license and her food handler’s card, so every cup is made in a properly permitted kitchen. Then she went further — taking mixology and culinary courses to truly understand flavor: which ingredients balance one another, what makes a drink taste bright instead of flat, and how to build a cup that’s as thoughtful as it is delicious. Frijoleras isn’t guesswork. It’s a craft she studied.
Made fresh, made with intention.
Today, every Frijoleras drink is still made to order, by hand, in small daily drops — the same care Leslie put into that very first cup she made for herself. Matcha without the bitter aftertaste. Cafecito that tastes like home. Made by a mom who does things the right way, for people who deserve something better than the usual.