Café X: By Any Beans Necessary

We are the only cooperative coffee shop in San Diego whose mission is specific and intentionally devoted to uplifting Black people and other marginalized communities. Our cooperative coffeeshop concept arose in 2016 at the conclusion of a year long community fellowship program - hosted by RISE San Diego - where we developed our mission, vision, and reason for being. We are Black women and make no apologies for the desire to support and build generational wealth in our community. Our name and essence is an allusion to the great Malcolm X and his unapologetic ambition for Black self-determination in a country steeped in inequality.

When Black people rise, we all rise.

Our Mission

It’s more than just coffee; it’s a movement to promote healing and communal wealth-building for communities of color inside a sacred space, one cup at a time.