Sisters Victoria Medrano and Sophie Ochoa are transforming the world of aguas frescas with Aguas Chicas, a joint venture that puts a twist on the traditional drinks.
The sisters wanted to start a business and tie it to their Mexican roots, but didn’t know where to start. Upon visiting various markets and pop-ups, they saw how much people could do from under a canopy, which changed their initial thought of needing a brick-and-mortar to succeed.
“We came up with the idea to do aguas frescas because it’s a drink we grew up with … then it just grew to so many different ideas and out-of-the-box flavors like nontraditional, not your grandma’s type of drink,” Medrano says…