There’s also a brownie-like chocolate version, an earthy matcha, and a sugar-and-cinnamon-coated churro variety. The original mochi muffin ($3.95), is a marvel, with a crisp, caramelized exterior and, well, mochi-like chewiness inside, run through with the flavors of brown butter and coconut.
There are six varieties of muffins and 12 flavors of doughnuts to choose from. Third Culture sources its sesame seeds from an 11th-generation Japanese family farm, and then stone-mills the seeds in-house for 72 hours the jet black sesame paste brings deep, nutty flavor to the sesame muffin and icing on the sesame mochi doughnut. The exquisite muffins and doughnuts-which are more expensive than your typical banana muffin or yeast-raised sweet, ranging in price from $3 to $3.95-are made from premium ingredients, including Koda Farms’ Blue Star Mochiko sweet rice flour ( which gives them their signature chewy goodness), organic Indonesian coconut sugar, and French-style butter from a Bay Area dairy farm. Third Culture’s baked goods are inspired by Japanese mochi and the flavors Butarbutar grew up with in Indonesia. Sam Butarbutar, Rachel Taber, and Wenter Shyu inside Third Culture Bakery’s cheery Aurora space. “We’ll still have the Bay Area bakery, but Denver will be our base now.” To underscore the point, Shyu and Butarbutar even bought a home in Aurora, not far from their East Colfax location. “I don’t want to be cheesy, but I just really love Colorado,” says Shyu. That’s when their close friend, Colorado native, and now-CFO Rachel Taber suggested opening a store in the Denver area one visit to the Centennial State solidified the couple’s decision. The duo opened a brick-and-mortar bakery in Berkeley in 2017, and prepared to expand into another state. They started out selling their mochi muffins to coffee shops in the Bay Area, and quickly gained a cult following. Sam Butarbutar is the culinary mastermind behind the creations at Third Culture, which he founded in 2016 with his life and business partner Wenter Shyu. That’s when Third Culture Bakery opened in Aurora, introducing us to a different breed of treat: mochi muffins and mochi butter doughnuts. But as of last weekend, Denver’s doughnut (and muffin) lineup just got a little bit sweeter. There’s no shortage of sweet spots in the metro area where Denverites can satisfy their cravings for pastries, from the decadent confections at the Donut House to delicate custard-and-fruit-filled beauties at Tokyo Premium Bakery. Facing racism, COVID-related prejudice, and other unsavory events have been heartbreaking.” “It’s a different world now and the challenges in Colorado have been crushing.
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“ We signed our leases with full intention to expand in Colorado, but nothing could have prepared anyone for what the pandemic did to the world and the people,” said co-owner Wenter Shyu, in an announcement on December 13. Sign up today!Įditor’s note: Since this story was originally published, Third Culture Bakery announced the closure of its RiNo and Aurora stores at the end of 2021, citing pandemic- and supply-chain-related issues, labor shortages, and racism. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.
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