{"id":10423,"date":"2022-10-17T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/?p=10423"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:20:44","slug":"papis-coquito-a-cultural-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/papis-coquito-a-cultural-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Papi\u2019s Coquito: A Cultural Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>Did you know the Coquito beverage is a coconut cream flavored rum enjoyed around the holidays and is a staple of Puerto Rican culture? It\u2019s a drink that Victor Regino, owner of Papi\u2019s Refrescos, found meaning in as he reminisced about his home and the lively celebrations he had with his family.<\/p>\n<p>At Papi\u2019s Refrescos, you\u2019ll get a taste of the Coquito through Victor\u2019s treasured recipe, an heirloom passed down from his grandmother, Juana Sanchez. Victor recalled his grandmother\u2019s dedication to bringing the entire family together and spending time with them. After the passing of his grandmother, Victor looked back on the times he had with his family and wanted to bring the same joy to others and so he began selling his family\u2019s Coquito recipe with the hope of spreading that same joy and togetherness he felt growing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>My goal for every bottle of Papi\u2019s Coquito is to convey the sentiment and cultural value that Coquito brings to me.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After receiving a loan of $75,000 from the SBA, Victor was able to produce his Coquito on a mass scale and started selling it to Providence stores. The RISBDC was able to help him secure the loan by helping him develop a smart business plan, conducting industry and market research, adjusting cost structure, and creating financial projections.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI worked with Manuel through the whole process. His expertise in liquor licensing helped me gain the understanding I needed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Papi Refrescos Coquito is currently sold at 14 stores across Providence and Cranston including Tropical Liquors, Standard Liquors, and I.M. Gam Discount Liquors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Owner:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Victor (Papi) Regino&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Papi\u2019s Refrescos<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px\">56 Bliss Street<br \/>\n<\/span>East Providence, RI 02914<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.papiscoquito.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>papiscoquito.com <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know the Coquito beverage is a coconut cream flavored rum enjoyed around the holidays and is a staple of Puerto Rican culture? It\u2019s a drink that Victor Regino, owner of Papi\u2019s Refrescos, found meaning in as he reminisced about his home and the lively celebrations he had with his family. At Papi\u2019s Refrescos, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":10443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10439,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10423\/revisions\/10439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}