Yezi Coconut Desserts makes coconut jelly cups in Bellevue, and every cup on its menu sits on one of two bases. One is a coconut milk jelly. The other is an oat base. Pick the base first, then the topping, and one order from Yezi can cover a room where some guests skip milk and some do not.
The menu makes that easy because it prints both recipes. The coconut milk jelly is fresh coconut water, coconut milk, milk, heavy cream, condensed milk and sugar. The oat base, which the shop calls our non-dairy base, is fresh coconut water, oat milk, non-dairy creamer and sugar. Read the base on each line and you know what you are ordering for each guest.
In this guide
- A Bellevue shop built on fresh coconut
- How a Yezi cup goes together
- The two bases, recipe by recipe
- Reading the menu line by line
- The oat cups and the guests who skip milk
- How to order Yezi for an office
A Bellevue shop built on fresh coconut
Yezi builds its whole menu around one thing: a chilled coconut jelly, set in a cup over a topping. The shop’s own site names fresh coconut water and house-made coconut milk as the start of every base. On Zerocater the menu runs to twenty-five lines: twenty-four dessert cups and a coconut jelly water, which is coconut water with pieces of coconut jelly in it.
The cup names follow one pattern. The topping comes first and the word Coconut or Oats comes last, as in Ube Taro Coconut or Mango Oats. Coconut Single is the plain coconut milk jelly. Coconut Double puts a layer of coconut water jelly under it. Oats Single is the plain oat base. Learn that pattern and you can read the base in most names before you read the description.
How a Yezi cup goes together
The longer lines on the menu read like a recipe card. The kitchen puts the topping in first. On six lines it smears the topping around the inside of the cup, with taro, ube, purple rice, black sesame, red bean or Nutella. On others it sets a bottom layer: a jelly of osmanthus tea and longan fruit, a peach oolong tea jelly, fresh oats or a chocolate mochi. Then it pours the base over the top.
So a cup has two parts you choose. The topping gives the cup its name and its color. The base fills most of the cup and decides what the cup is made of. A guest who picks Ube Taro Coconut gets steamed ube and taro under the coconut milk jelly. A guest who picks Oats Coconut gets a layer of oats under the oat base.
The two bases, recipe by recipe
Both bases start from the same fresh coconut water and the same sugar. After that they go separate ways. The table sets the two recipes side by side, in the order the menu lists them.
| Base | What the menu lists | Example cups |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut milk jelly | Fresh coconut water, coconut milk, milk, heavy cream, condensed milk, sugar | Coconut Single, Ube Taro Coconut, Black Sesame Coconut |
| Oat base, which the shop calls our non-dairy base | Fresh coconut water, oat milk, non-dairy creamer, sugar | Oats Single, Oats Coconut, Mango Oats |
The coconut milk jelly carries three milk ingredients after the coconut milk: milk, heavy cream and condensed milk. That gives the jelly its soft, creamy set. The oat base swaps all three for oat milk and a non-dairy creamer. If you order for a mixed room, those two lists are the only ones you need to remember.
Reading the Yezi menu line by line
The twenty-four cups on Zerocater fall into three groups by how much of the base they print. Ten lines spell out the coconut milk jelly recipe in full. Three lines name the oat base. Eleven lines describe the cup as a coconut pudding dessert and name only the topping.
| What the line prints | Lines | Cups |
|---|---|---|
| Names the coconut milk jelly recipe | 10 | Red Bean Mochi Coconut, Taro Purple Rice Coconut, Ube Taro Coconut, Nutella Mochi Coconut, Black Sesame Coconut, Coconut Single, Taro Coconut, Osmanthus Longan Coconut, Coconut Double, Peach Oolong |
| Names the oat base | 3 | Mango Oats, Oats Single, Oats Coconut |
| Names only the topping | 11 | Rose Peach Gum Coconut, Oreo Mochi Coconut, Matcha Red Bean Mochi, Mango Smoothie Coconut, Caramelized Durian Coconut, Bird’s Nest Coconut, Tiramisu Coconut, Strawberry Coconut, Mango Mochi Coconut, Creme Brulee Coconut, Coconut Latte |
The shop’s own online ordering menu settles the third group. It groups its oat cups in a section it calls Dairy Free, and every line in that section carries the word Oats in its name. All eleven topping-only lines from Zerocater appear on that menu outside its Dairy Free section. Plan those eleven cups on the coconut milk jelly, and ask the shop to confirm the base when a guest’s order depends on it.
One reading rule covers the whole menu, then. If the name says Oats, the cup sits on the oat base. If the name ends in Coconut, or the line names only a topping, plan it on the coconut milk jelly.
The oat cups and the guests who skip milk
Most office dessert orders have a few guests who skip milk, some by choice and some because they must. Yezi gives you a named set of cups for them. On Zerocater those are Oats Single, Oats Coconut and Mango Oats. Oats Single is the plain oat base, Oats Coconut adds a bottom layer of fresh oats, and Mango Oats tops the oat base with mango.
The oat recipe names non-dairy creamer, so for a guest with a milk allergy, ask the shop what that creamer is made from before you order. Our dairy-free office catering guide covers the questions to ask. For every other guest who skips milk, the oat cups let the whole room eat from the same order.
The toppings across the Yezi menu
Once you know the base, the topping is the fun part, and the menu gives a wide spread. Plan two or three toppings for a room so guests can choose.
- Taro, ube and purple rice. Taro Coconut, Ube Taro Coconut and Taro Purple Rice Coconut, smeared around the cup in purple layers.
- Mochi. Red Bean Mochi Coconut, Matcha Red Bean Mochi, Mango Mochi Coconut, Oreo Mochi Coconut and Nutella Mochi Coconut, each with a chewy layer of mochi.
- Fruit. Mango Smoothie Coconut, Strawberry Coconut and Caramelized Durian Coconut, plus Mango Oats on the oat base.
- Tea jellies. Osmanthus Longan Coconut and Peach Oolong, each with a tea jelly as the bottom layer.
- Dessert flavors. Tiramisu Coconut, Creme Brulee Coconut, Coconut Latte and Black Sesame Coconut.
- Specialty. Bird’s Nest Coconut and Rose Peach Gum Coconut, two cups built on toppings from Chinese dessert cooking.
How to order Yezi for an office
Pick the base first, then the topping. In practice that takes four steps:
- Collect the headcount and ask who skips milk.
- Order oat cups for those guests first, from Oats Single, Oats Coconut and Mango Oats.
- Choose two or three toppings on the coconut milk jelly for everyone else.
- Write the base next to each line of the order, and confirm the current menu with the shop.
Yezi cups are a chilled dessert, so plan a spot in the office fridge until you set them out. One cup per guest also makes the order easy to hand round at a meeting, an afternoon break or an all-hands.
Plan Yezi Coconut with CaterAi
The cups fit occasions where a team wants a dessert other than a cake. Our afternoon tea catering page pairs well with the tea jelly cups, and employee appreciation catering and client appreciation catering both make room for a dessert table.
Who Yezi suits
- Bellevue and Eastside offices that want a coconut dessert for a team break.
- Mixed rooms, where the oat cups let one order cover guests who skip milk.
- Meetings that want one cup per guest and no slicing or plating.
- Teams that want taro, ube, mochi or tea flavors on the dessert table.
How to order Yezi Coconut catering
You can order direct with the shop. Or you can order through Zerocater, where the Yezi Coconut Desserts page carries the current menu and a live quote. CaterAi builds a menu from that list for your headcount, and how Zerocater works covers the rest of the order.
Yezi is one of many Eastside kitchens on Zerocater. Bellevue catering lists the rest of them, and dessert catering in Seattle covers the wider metro. For office catering budgets in the region, see our Seattle office catering cost guide. Shanghai Homestyle Express is another Bellevue kitchen we have profiled.
Menus change. Confirm the current menu with the shop before you order. For the current menu and a live quote, use the Yezi Coconut Desserts page on Zerocater.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Yezi Coconut Desserts cater?
Coconut jelly dessert cups from a shop in Bellevue, Washington. The menu on Zerocater carries twenty-four cups and a coconut jelly water. Each cup pairs a topping, such as taro, ube, mango, black sesame or mochi, with one of two bases.
What are the two bases in a Yezi cup?
A coconut milk jelly and an oat base. The menu lists the coconut milk jelly as fresh coconut water, coconut milk, milk, heavy cream, condensed milk and sugar. It lists the oat base, in its own words a non-dairy base, as fresh coconut water, oat milk, non-dairy creamer and sugar.
Which Yezi cups use the oat base?
The cups with Oats in the name. On Zerocater those are Oats Single, Oats Coconut and Mango Oats. The shop’s own ordering menu groups its oat cups in a section it calls Dairy Free, and every line in that section carries the word Oats.
Some Yezi lines only name the topping. Which base do they use?
Eleven lines on the Zerocater menu describe the cup as a coconut pudding dessert and name only the topping. All eleven appear on the shop’s own menu outside its Dairy Free section. Plan them on the coconut milk jelly and confirm the base with the shop when it matters for a guest.
How should I order Yezi for an office?
Pick the base first, then the topping. Count the guests who skip milk, give them the oat cups, and let everyone else choose from the coconut milk jelly cups. Write the base next to each line of the order, and confirm the current menu with the shop.
How do you order Yezi Coconut catering?
Two routes. Direct, with the shop. Or through Zerocater, where the Yezi Coconut Desserts page carries the current menu and a live quote, and the order sits alongside every other kitchen your office uses.
