Charlotte Bean Coffee Co., the mobile trailer that spent its early days serving coffee out of area parking lots, has landed a permanent brick-and-mortar home inside de Bine Brewing Company in Palm Harbor. The brewery converted a former game room into space for owners Brett and Mari Ebert, giving the couple a fixed address after building their business one pop-up at a time.
The new setup, first reported by Tampa Bay 28, places the coffee shop at de Bine Brewing Company's location at 993 Florida Ave. in Palm Harbor. Charlotte Bean's own site lists that same street address, down to the ZIP code, confirming the shop's new fixed footprint, according to the-charlotte-bean-coffee-co.square.site. Brett Ebert left teaching, while Mari Ebert continues to balance the business with virtual teaching. The couple previously ran Charlotte Bean strictly as a mobile trailer, and the station's report notes de Bine made space for them specifically inside its building.
De Bine Brewing Company is becoming a mini food hall in the process, with the attached Reel BBQ rounding out a social hub meant to operate morning, noon and night, per the same account. Mari Ebert said she had never seen anything like the arrangement before, and Brett Ebert said it lets the couple give the community something they were previously unable to provide.
From Classroom Lesson Plans to Coffee Orders
Before launching the mobile coffee trailer, the Eberts spent more than two decades teaching in Pinellas County classrooms, according to tampabaybeacons.com. That outlet reported in May that demand for Charlotte Bean's private-event bookings had grown enough that the couple was seriously weighing a second mobile unit to handle requests they were currently turning down, though no confirmation has emerged that such a unit was ever bought or launched. Brett Ebert told the Beacons that rising costs have been a steady challenge, saying, “Cost of coffee's gone up, cost of gas has gone up, but we try not to pass that onto our consumers the best we can.”
The Charlotte Bean name carries a personal story. Brett and Mari Ebert named the business after their daughter, Charlotte Jean, with one of them recalling, “Shortly after she was born, I was like, Charlotte BEAN would be the perfect coffee shop name,” according to a separate Tampa Bay 28 lifestyle feature on the shop.
A Menu Built on Local Ties and One Weather-Forecaster Tribute
Charlotte Bean's menu features iced and hot lattes with a choice of syrup, along with cold brew, matcha lattes and refreshers, according to the shop's own site. Pastry breads served alongside the drinks come from Ozona Crumb Bakery, cut and sold by the slice.
One standout item has a distinctly Tampa Bay backstory: a creamy Dr Pepper-infused refresher called The Rule #7, named after ABC Action News chief meteorologist Denis Phillips, as the lifestyle feature detailed. It is the kind of local in-joke that fits neatly into a coffee counter now operating inside a brewery rather than a parking lot, giving regulars a permanent spot to find it.
