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Carolina Eggnog makes eggnog that co-owner Eduardo Andrades is rich with family history. They’ll be among the vendors at this year’s Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, which starts November 13- a big reason why they’ve got a lot of bottling to do.
“Let’s show you like labeling the bottle first,” says co-owner Eduardo Andrade of Carolina Eggnog Company.
Eduardo Andrade and his sister, Genesis Carver, walked us through the steps of a 40-year-old family recipe that’s the foundation of their business, Carolina Eggnog in Mount Holly.
But at the production facility, it quickly became clear that someone important was missing.
“Like my mom just has [the recipe] like memorized,” he told Queen City News.
“Hey, open this,” Genesis said urgently.
“How did mom make this look so easy?” Andrade says, wrestling with a can opener that didn’t quite cooperate.
On this day, there weren’t enough cooks in the kitchen. The elephant in the room is who’s not in the room.
“That was a fail,” said Andrade, still opening that can.
Maybe that’s not his forte, but we were there to talk about eggnog.
“It brings smiles,” he says. “Because all I can remember is me, my sister, my mom, my dad, cooking eggnog in our small kitchen at home.”
Not to stir the pot, but the impetus for the family business— mom Kathy Trull— basically avoided us like the plague.
“Where is your mom?” I asked.
“Ha-ha, my mom is very camera shy,” Andrade says. “Me and my sister tried to beg her to be on camera.”
Carolina Eggnog represents their heritage and years of sacrifice since Trull immigrated from Panama more than two decades ago.
They launched the venture because they saw a void in the market.
“I tell all my customers, it’s not your grandma’s eggnog,” said Andrade. “The reason that is, is because Latin American eggnog is a lot sweeter.”
The product that reminds them of holidays at home is actually made close to their house.
“Where we’re sitting right now was literally a one-car garage,” Andrade informed us.
They turned their garage into a production facility, and now the family does whatever they can to support Trull, who’s the driving force.
“It’s a blessing and a dream that my mother always wanted,” says Andrade. “She came to America with every little with me and my sister, and for her to be able to come here with absolutely nothing and twenty-some-odd years later have a business, it’s a blessing.”
Occasionally, the humble heart of the story wants no part of being on camera. But it was still a pleasure “meeting” Kathy through her children.
“She really is a humble person; she loves to be behind the scenes, as much as we tried. Trust me, John,” Andrade said.
“Let’s see how big we can make this, you know,” Genesis says. “I want my mother to be able to say that she accomplished one of her dreams.”
A business dream to go with the American dream.
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