Happy Cup Coffee Company hires people with potential

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Employees gain life skills + a sense of cultural relevance.

At Happy Cup Coffee Company , the goal is to pair great coffee with a great cause. Each cafe (555 NE Couch St. + 3494 N. Williams Ave.) and the roastery provide sustainable employment opportunities for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities — they lend a helping hand in every aspect of the business, from bagging, labeling, and weighing the coffee to developing the creative blend names.

Hear it from them:

  • “They always ask, ‘Where do you work?’ and I say Happy Cup and I hope to see you there.” - Andrea
  • “It’s the best smell in the world.” - Robert
  • “We make it, it’s the best coffee in the world.” - Mike
  • “I once tried to stay up all night to see where the sun went and then it dawned on me.” - Colt

One of our favorite drinks is the refreshing Watermelon Summer , made with cold-pressed watermelon juice, strawberry nectar, and topped with matcha from Steven Smith Teamaker. Our apologies if you end up humming a certain overused TikTok song .

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Ben grew up in the Rogue Valley, attended the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism, and has written for publications like 1859 Magazine and Portland Monthly. He enjoys hiking the PNW, football and futbol, wildlife photography, any manner of libation exploration, and of course writing for PDXtoday.
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