Concept Menu

A Little Taste of What's Coming

This menu is a preview of the Velvet Bean experience we're building for Winfield. We're still finalizing recipes, flavors, pricing, and whichever of these should probably come with a waiver.

Velvet Bean Cafe and Healing Center. Our "Menu": crafted drinks, gelato, and desserts worth slowing down for. An affogato with a spider on the glass, a berry shake, and a boxed waffle with caramel sauce.
Four Velvet Bean dirty sodas in branded cups

Dirty Sodas

Sweet, fizzy soda drinks mixed with flavored syrups and a splash of cream — plus a few that Billi Jene insisted on keeping despite everyone's objections.

Root Chakra Root Beer
Comes with a rock in the glass (not for eating, probably)
Root beer, heavy cream, and a splash of whatever Billi Jene swears is "grounding."
Bat Cave Berry Fizz
May contain actual dirt
Blue raspberry soda with a "foraged" blackberry syrup of unconfirmed origin.
Ninth Husband's Regret
Flavor changes slightly depending on who's working
Cherry cola with a heavy pour of cream and a syrup Billi Jene won't name.
Onion Colada
Pineapple and coconut cream, minus the fun
Pineapple-coconut cream soda with a savory swirl of diced onion syrup Billi Jene calls "tropical detox."
Five Velvet Bean freeze drinks in branded cups

Velvet Freezes

Rich, creamy blended drinks made with ice, milk, and either coffee or sweet cream flavoring — smooth, cold, and occasionally a little hard to pin down.

Slippery Bean
Still eluding Mandel after all these years
Dark chocolate coffee freeze, blended smooth and hard not to find if you're paying attention.
Caramel Vamp Bane
Breath mints sold separately
Creamy caramel freeze with a roasted garlic drizzle Billi Jene swears "balances the sweetness."
Third Eye Mocha Freeze
Technically a superfood
Chocolate mocha coffee freeze blended with a gritty layer of ground flaxseed "for clarity."
Brown Sugar Subwoofer Freeze
Texture is non-negotiable
Brown sugar cinnamon coffee freeze, left intentionally chunky from blending too close to the speakers.
Vanilla Séance Freeze
Previously inhabited
Classic vanilla bean freeze with fine ash-gray specks Billi Jene insists are "spiritual residue, not burnt sugar."
Four Velvet Bean lemonades with durian, pickle, moss, and wasabi

Lemonades

Fresh-squeezed lemonade, tart and refreshing, with a few additions nobody asked for.

Durian Lemonade
Smell it from the parking lot
Classic lemonade blended with fresh durian and served with a complimentary clothespin.
Pickle Brine Lemonade
Sour on sour
Fresh lemonade with a generous pour of dill pickle brine and a pickle spear garnish.
Cave Moss Lemonade
Harvested from the east wall
Lemonade with a syrup made from a green moss that has never been officially identified.
Wasabi Lemonade
Clears the sinuses and the aura
Sweet lemonade with a horseradish-green swirl that arrives about four seconds after the sip.
Four Velvet Bean coffee and espresso drinks in hot and iced cups

Coffee & Espresso

Hot and iced espresso drinks, brewed with care and then improved upon by Billi Jene.

Anchovy Americano
Briny and bold
Espresso over hot water with a splash of anchovy brine Billi Jene calls "oceanic grounding."
Crystal Cortado
Do not chew the garnish
A cortado served with a raw quartz chip in the cup "for energy alignment."
Burnt Hair Macchiato
Smells like a salon
Roasted so dark that Billi Jene describes it as "ritually singed," with a caramel mark on top.
Liver Mocha
Iron-rich
A chocolate mocha with a spoonful of liver pâté stirred in "for stamina."
Cave Water Cold Brew
Steeped 72 hours in the east wall
Cold brew made with seep water from the wall behind the bat colony.
Four cups of Velvet Bean gelato: blue cheese and honey, pistachio, vanilla, and lavender

Gelato

Small-batch gelato, churned fresh and flavored with Billi Jene's strongest convictions.

Blue Cheese & Honey
Moldy by design
Honey gelato folded with crumbled blue cheese, served with a drizzle of more honey to "balance the veins."
Guano Pistachio
Harvested from the resident colony
Pistachio gelato with an earthy finish Billi Jene declines to explain.
Fish Oil Vanilla
Omega-3 certified
Vanilla gelato whipped with cod liver oil "for joint health."
Lavender Soap
Tastes like a hotel bathroom
Lavender gelato so floral it lathers slightly on the spoon.
Four Velvet Bean hot chocolates beside a marrow bone, a ghost pepper, blue mushrooms, and a spoon of sauerkraut

Hot Chocolate

Rich, steaming hot chocolate under a cloud of whipped cream, fortified with ingredients Billi Jene calls "functional."

Bone Broth Hot Chocolate
Collagen-rich
Hot cocoa made with beef bone broth instead of milk, topped with a single marshmallow.
Ghost Pepper Cocoa
Heat shows up late
Dark hot chocolate infused with ghost pepper.
Cave Mushroom Cocoa
Foraged near the east wall
Hot chocolate stirred with powdered mushrooms of unconfirmed species.
Sauerkraut Cocoa
Probiotic
Hot cocoa finished with a spoonful of sauerkraut and its juice.