Water flavored with fresh fruit. Jewelry that incorporates elements of nature. Coffee that honors Chicano culture. These Latinx-owned businesses in Milwaukee don't have storefronts, but you can find them at festivals and events around the city, and online.

Here are six to check out and support.

Ellas Cafe is a Latinx owned pop-up coffee shop born out of love. 

Renee Valdez and Sofia Esmeralda met in 2018 when Valdez was working at Colectivo Coffee. They started dating and in 2021 started Ellas Cafe.

Before they met, Esmeralda only casually drank coffee. Meeting Valdez introduced her to a new world. 

The pop-up shop offers craft coffee in a variety of flavors that play tribute to popular Chicano phrases. The packaging honors Chicano culture with vibrant illustrations. 

"You can really tell Rene how you're feeling and she will create the perfect drink for you," Esmeralda said. "So that's something that I think is very unique to her I'm excited for us to be able to share that with our community."

Valdez and Esmeralda add magic to their coffee by providing spiritual readings that are tied to Mexican indigenous culture. 

"It is a very unique experience to be so far up north but still feel so connected to a culture that's so warm and strong like our coffee," Esmeralda said.

You can place orders by directly messaging their Instagram account @ellas.cafe.mke or find them at pop up events throughout Milwaukee.

La Revo offers new and used books written by and for Black, indigenous and people of color, with a focus on Latinx literature.

Sisters Barbara Cerda and Valeria Cerda grew up in Milwaukee’s South Side. As the daughters of Mexican immigrants, they didn’t often read books that reflected their family's culture. With La Revo books, the Cerda sisters created a space that celebrated their culture through representation in literature. 

La Revo Books bring its mobile bookshop to events throughout Milwaukee, or you can visit LaRevobooks.com to place an order online. 

More:South side Milwaukee sisters loved to read but didn't see themselves reflected in books. With La Revo Books, they're changing that.

Nattalie Estrada started Doña Evas Aguas Frescas (flavored water) in 2020.

She offers a variety of flavors using fresh fruits and ingredients, including horchata, cucumber, mango and pineapple.

Estrada adds chamoy around the rim, a popular Mexican condiment made of dried chilies, lime and fruit. She serves the beverages in "vitroleros"  — clear cylindrical containers that are popular in Mexico.

Estrada started the business when she was still in high school to help meet her family's financial needs while her father was going through his fifth year on dialysis. 

Estrada is most busy in the summer at various festivals and events around Milwaukee. In fall and winter, Doña Evas Aguas Frescas can be found at indoor events like soccer games.

You can make orders through Instagram at @mke_aguasfrescas.

Tres Ojos offers a collection of handmade, ethically sourced crystals, jewelry, candles and oils.

Prices for jewelry range from $15 to $44. Tres Ojos offers wrapped crystals, earrings, necklaces and more. The pieces are centered around nature and magic — one colorful bead necklace features a rainbow Ouija board pendant; another a simple moss agate stone on a silver chain to provide "grounding earth energy." 

Partners Brenda and Desiree Barrales make an effort to reduce their carbon footprint by getting their materials from secondhand shops, antique stores or nature. 

You can find Tres Ojos at farmers markets and pop-up events throughout Milwaukee or place an order though their website: https://www.tr3sojos.com/shop

Blanca Sandoval created Blancalaca in 2022. She offers hand-sewn apparel and home goods based off her Mexican culture with traditional colors inspired by Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

Sandoval also embroiders jean jackets with fabric and patches from Mexico. She describes her jackets as gaudy. The patches include illustrations of Frida Kahlo, Lele dolls (traditional Mexican baby dolls) and Loteria (also known as Mexican Bingo) inspired themes. 

Sandoval has been sewing since she was 6 years old. "My Barbie dolls were the most fashionable dolls in the neighborhood," Sandoval said. 

You can find Blancalaca at events throughout Milwaukee. She's in the process of building a website.

Merari Marin started making hair bows in 2017. Wanting to continue creating items that reflected her love for pop culture and anime, she expanded to items like phone accessories and keychains to what's now now her most popular item: Pokemon terrariums.  

In one, Rowlet (picture a young owl) relaxes in an inner tube on a glittery lazy river surrounded by plastic cacti. In another, a ghost Pokemon lurks behind a gravestone. In yet another of her dozens of terrariums, Pikachu is surrounded by Christmas trees in a wintery scene.

Penguina's Presents pops up at local Milwaukee craft fairs and also at comic conventions. Her terrariums — which are shaped like Pokemon balls — come in various sizes, ranging from $30 to $50.

She also accepts custom orders at @penguinaspresents_ on Instagram or via email at penguinaspresents@gmail.com.