Jenny Barber was on a mission to help people like her — survivors of childhood exploitation.
With specific insights from her experiences as a survivor, she worked as an anti-trafficking advocate, building a system that could help other survivors become the heroes of their own stories.
Meanwhile, her husband Robert Barber had been perfecting a unique coffee roast in their home, on their stove-top coffee roaster.
After a chance encounter, an opportunity to turn Robert’s coffee roast into a real business fell into their laps. But rather than deciding to start a regular coffee business, Jenny and Robert took the chance to use their coffee beans for something bigger.
Talitha represents a deep passion for ethical coffee roasting, utilized to end human trafficking using researched, holistic means that sustain recovery.
Based in San Diego, CA, Talitha brews ethically sourced, premium coffee with a mission to support trafficking survivors. Every day, hundreds of people help make a change with just a sip.
For the second year, Talitha Coffee will be on the beach at Switchfoot Bro-Am Beach Fest 2026, one of San Diego's most anticipated community events of the summer. On Saturday, June 13, we're joining more than 15,000 attendees at Moonlight...
The building at 2820 Historic Decatur Road is over 100 years old. In 1923, it opened as a mess hall inside the Naval Training Center, one of the largest military installations on the West Coast. Thousands of recruits sat at...
Co-founder of Talitha Coffee Jenny Barber recently went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in service of seeing firsthand Talitha’s impact on ethical coffee practices. We sat down to ask her some questions about what she did, what...
