Our Coffee Is Bold.
So Is Our Mission.
Six Tampa Bay coffee shops where people with and without disabilities work side-by-side. Fifty-plus team members. One unmistakable cup.
- Locations
- 6
- Team Members
- 50+
- Founded
- 2021
- Nonprofit
- 501(c)(3)
Our biggest night of the year
Raise Your
CUP IV
An evening with the people who built CUP. We celebrate our team, thank the businesses behind us, and share where we’re headed next. It sells out every year, so book early.
- When
- Thursday, November 12, 20266:00 – 9:00 PM
- Where
- Palma Ceia Golf and Country ClubTampa
- Dress
- Business casualPresented by Edmondson Electric
Individual tickets are $300. Sponsorship packages include a reserved table, recognition at the event, and a VIP party with our team. Every ticket funds inclusive employment across Tampa Bay.
As featured in
A national feature on inclusive coffee
A coffee shop where every cup is a quiet act of inclusion — and the bar is run by the people the rest of the world keeps forgetting.”
We filter our coffee,
not our people.
The Mission
The future is inclusive. So is our team.
Coffee Uniting People was founded in 2021 by Greg and Laura Jones to close an employment gap that nobody else was filling — adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities aging out of youth services with nowhere to work.
Today, more than 50 CUP team members pull shots, plate pastries, train new hires, and own the floor at six locations across Tampa Bay. The model isn’t charity. It’s coffee made well by a team that includes everyone.
Coffee Club
$25 a month.
Two bags.
One bold mission.
Premium beans roasted by our team and shipped free to your door. Choose medium, dark, or decaf. Cancel anytime.
Find Us
Six locations
across Tampa Bay.
Workplace Opportunity Begins Here
Your gift puts somebody to work.
Every dollar funds training, wages, and the chance to belong on a real team. CUP is a 501(c)(3) — your donation is tax-deductible.
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