Miami’s hottest new matcha café started with…a loaf of bread in a family group chat.

That first sourdough loaf grew into trays of gooey cinnamon rolls, then a mobile trailer parked at the University of Miami, and a TikTok-ready menu of matcha lattes layered with strawberry jam, whipped honey, and banana bread syrup. All of it happened in less than a year.

Now Honey Veil , run by sisters Cecilia “Ceci” Alcobe, 22, and Regina Alcobe, 19, both University of Miami students, has gone from farmers market hobby to full-fledged brand with a South Miami storefront opening this fall.

From tennis rackets to cinnamon rolls

The Alcobes didn’t grow up plotting café empires. They grew up on tennis courts, training five to six hours a day and traveling for tournaments. When their mom, also named Cec

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