Let us fill your cup
You can't pour from an empty cup, so let us fill yours with love and coffee!
Opening Winter 2023-24!
Let us fill your cup
You can't pour from an empty cup, so let us fill yours with love and coffee!
Opening Winter 2023-24!
Help Us Open Our Doors!
We're Almost There, but We Need Your Help!
Since March 2023, we have been working on starting SunBean. We are working with an amazing nonprofit, NextStage, which supports first-time entrepreneurs with business consulting and limited financing. We have been spending late nights and early mornings researching, working on our business plan, selecting the perfect site, brushing up on our barista skills, testing menu items, spreading the word, and much more. We are getting so close we can almost smell the coffee brewing, but we need your support to help us get across that finish line to the grand opening.
Our start-up costs are $185,000. As a family, we are all in on this business. Through hard work, faith, and the right connections, we are almost there! With our own personal contribution, plus private financing from NextStage, and a matching loan from the City of Minneapolis, we have raised $170,000. (We have to pinch ourselves about this sometimes!)
We are turning to you, our community, for support in closing the $15,000 gap to reach our financing goal. We have launched our crowdfunding campaign to raise the remaining funds that will contribute to the successful opening of SunBean Coffee Shop this winter.
Please CLICK HERE for more information about our GoFundMe campaign & to contribute to our campaign!
Please share widely with friends, family, and coffee-lovers in your network as well. Thank you so much for your support!
About SunBean Coffee Shop
Hi! We are Fred & Annie DuBose, the dynamic husband and wife team behind SunBean Coffee Shop. SunBean will be a small coffee shop that will make a huge impact in our community.
Our mission is to provide our customers with the highest quality coffee, while fostering a warm, welcoming, and inclusive atmosphere that promotes a sense of wellbeing and community. We are committed to promoting sustainable and responsible business practices, and to being transparent and honest in all our operations.
Our goal is to to be a positive force for wellness in our community.
SunBean Coffee Shop
SunBean is a coffee shop that is about more than just great coffee.
Our business will draw people together and boost our collective energy and mental health. It will help ensure a thriving local economy. Through our commitment to equity and diversity, we will provide good job training & mentorship for youth with barriers to employment, support just wages & conditions for coffee farmers, and partner with BIPOC- and women-owned food vendors.
Starting in winter 2023-24, SunBean will be your new happy place, a coffee shop committed to providing you with an exceptional & uplifting experience.
Sit at our signature SunBar, where the joy of sunshine and the pleasure of coffee unite to create an uplifting ambiance. Our friendly baristas are always here to brighten your day with delicious coffee drinks and other beverages designed to boost your mood and support good mental health. We will sell specialty coffee from the best roasters in the industry, highlighting other black- and women-owned businesses. We are excited to also offer mood- and health- boosting drinks such as adaptogens, mushroom coffee, and superfood lattes.
With SunBean, we're not just creating a coffee shop; we're creating community. That's why we're committed to giving back to the community by donating 3% of our profits to support accessible and affordable mental health care.
The Owners
We are passionate about making an impact in our community and believe in the power of coffee, sunshine, and a friendly smile. It has been Fred’s life dream to open a coffee shop that serves as a gathering place where people can connect and get a boost of energy and good vibes before heading back out into the world.
We have multiple years of experience in the food industry, in working to make an impact in our community, and in running our own business. Fred has worked as a barista at two different coffee shops and is currently doing an apprenticeship at another mission-based, black-owned coffee shop in the Twin Cities.
We decided in March 2023 to go all-in on opening a brick-and-mortar coffee shop and have never looked back. We had a deep sense of peace in our decision, a deep knowing that this is what we are meant to be doing.
Our Space
We are thrilled to have found a great home in South Minneapolis in which to open SunBean.
We are excited to become the local neighborhood “happy place” in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood of South Minneapolis. We will be just a few blocks from Lake Hiawatha, Minnehaha Creek & Minnehaha Falls, on the intersection of E 46th Street and 34th Avenue South. CLICK HERE to see our location on a map.
The space has been empty for quite a while, and we are breathing new life and energy into it. We are working with an architect, contractor, and the building owners to completely renovate the space and make sure it is exactly how we envision SunBean (not to mention up to code and ADA compliant!).
When you walk into SunBean, it will feel like walking into a warm, sunny day, even on the gloomiest of Minnesota winter days. You can bask in the light from the sun therapy lamps at our signature SunBar or grab a table in the back to chat with a friend. In the summer, we plan to have outdoor seating both on the patio out back and at the sidewalk café in front of the shop.
SunBean Founder Fred DuBose envisioning our future home at 4553 34th Avenue South in Minneapolis
Starting in Winter 2023-24, SunBean will be your new happy p
With SunBean, we're not just creating a coffee shop; we're creating community.
That's why we're committed to giving back to the community by donating 3% of our profits to support accessible and affordable mental health care.
Gift Cards
A SunBean gift card is perfect for just about anybody – and any occasion.
It’s a thoughtful gift for family and friends, as well as a nice thank-you for teachers, coaches, employees, coworkers, caregivers, stylists, and more! Two easy ways to buy: purchase at the coffee shop or online.