Casa Coco Ice Cream/Froyo, Home-Based Frozen Desserts Business in Los Angeles

Fro-yo girl here. I found out about Casa Coco Ice Cream through LA Taco’s September 2020 article on the ice cream maker, Mercedes S. “She is a transgender Chicana chef who makes high-quality seasonal sorbets and ice cream to sell out of her home in the perpetual summer that is Los Angeles.” Past flavors (e.g., quince, vanilla + yuzu sorbet, feijoa with pink pepper, fennel flower w/ strawberry, cardamom + tiger fig blondie) sounded interesting. Honestly, all the flavors sounded good but I had to try the froyo (not offered too often).

Placing the order was easy. New flavors are announced every week. Send a direct message to reserve your pints, pay and then pick up a few days later on Friday or Sunday.

Pomegranate froyo: The pint was labeled with the flavor but the ingredients were not listed. Since it’s a home kitchen, that doesn’t bother me. Pomegranate froyo was described as “Scott Farms wonderful pomegranates (behemoths of their season) juiced and syruped, blended one-to-one with ever-mighty Karoun labne, churned to tangy-sweet lightness. Little bit of cherry laffy taffy going on? Chewy? Chewy.” Juicing pomegranates is hard work. I like pomegranates and Karoun labne, so I was very excited to try it. The froyo is high quality and full of flavor – no doubt about that. The vibrant color was beautiful as well. Even after several days in my freezer, the froyo wasn’t rock hard. It stayed soft and had a stickier consistency. The flavor was tangy and fruity. I could definitely taste the labne. I did find it a little sweeter than I personally prefer but getting the sweetness right is hard because people like different levels of sweetness. I like froyo that’s very tangy. Quality froyo – it did remind me of Laffy Taffy but with yogurt flavor.

One pint is $10, 2 for $18, 3 for $26, max 3 pints per order.

If you’d like to try Casa Coco, you can order via Venmo/Cash app and find the flavors of the week on Instagram @pulquemami. The pickup location is in Arlington Heights (Central Los Angeles). 

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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