# Black Momma Tea & Cafe

The Starbucks of the Tea Industry!

## Elevator pitch
We are purveyors of teas from different countries. We source directly from the plantation, so there's no middleman. Black Momma Tea & Cafe is the physical extension of our existing brands: Black Momma Vodka, Black Momma Tea, Black Momma Agave, and Black Momma Mixers, which currently have 26,000 total customers and totaled $2.5 million in online sales last year. We're building two locations in N.Y. to create physical extensions of our e-commerce business and to jump-start our expansion.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/blackmomma.tea.cafe
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:18305
- Last updated: 2026-06-10T05:00:07Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-10T12:44:02Z

## Quick facts
- Two cafes in New York.
- Existing Black Momma brand products currently have 33,000 customers and totaled $2.9 million in sales.
- Our founder, Vanessa Braxton, is a retired structural engineer with experience managing an annual $350 million contracts and construction budget. With over 20 years of experience in engineering and construction, she became the first African American woman
- Registered as a Federal Government Contractor in order to facilitate licensed locations on military bases.

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:29387: 506(c) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:24227: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:13116: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## FAQ
1. **When I am investing in Black Momma Tea & Cafe, am I also getting a stake in the existing online business of the BMTC company? If yes, could you please share the detailed financials of that company as well please.**
   - Hello Mehesh Sethuraman, yes the existing online and channel portion will be part of BMTC Inc. The financial details of that privately held company isn't part of this offering, its a separate entity which is relinquishing its online and channel position to BMTC, Inc
2. **"The Starbucks of the Tea Industry!" is quite the claim, since Starbucks sells tea, isn't Starbucks already Starbucks of tea? Do you plan to also sell food/coffee at the cafes? Are you sure that you are picking locations that will get the foot traffic and drive in/thru traffic...**
   - Hello Andrew Bushnell, Starbuck is Starbucks Coffee not Starbucks of Tea... They sell some teas but their core is Coffee, that's why Its called Starbucks Coffee Company. Yes, we plan to sell food, pastries, desserts and 1 particular coffee that we partnered with a Co-op Farmer in South Africa. Majority of our products are organic, gluten-free, vegan, low glycemic and kosher. That is what differentiates BMTC from the rest. If you look at the profile you will view sample products from other ven...
3. **"Black Momma Teas and Cafe will sell affiliated brands owned by B4MC Group like vodka, agave and tea at a discounted price. Vanessa Braxton is a principle shareholder in both entities and will benefit from the relationship." This seems like a pretty big conflict of interest si...**
   - A conflict of interest, not at all! That’s your thinking. We don’t think like that at all Andrew. There’s a bigger picture here! And No we do not intend to funnel profits to B4MC Group, if that was the case why would we relinquish our website and online channel sales to BMTC. In the profile, you will see B4MC Group is only receiving cost plus which is well below Industry standards. We bring an existing loyal customer base of 27k+, an existing established website, government and channel sales ...
4. **When do you expect to close this fundraise?**
   - We have not established a close date. It's expected to be early 2018, but as soon as we hit the Max goal it will close.
5. **what kind of return does this investment offer?**
   - This is not a debt-equity investment, this is common stock equity investment and the minimum is 100 shares

## Team
- Sheila Copeland (VP of Government And Licensing Organization)
- George Toolie (VP of National Sales & Marketing Rep)
- Dave Campfield (Director & Producer Commercial Media)
- Josephine Iannece (Executive Marketing Sales  & Customization)
- Vanessa Braxton (founder)

## Recent posts
- Update moving forward in 2024! New product launch Black Momma Sports Tea, Trademark Approved for Franchise registration, and Patent of biodegradable Pillow CBD Tea & Coffee issued! (2024-03-03T05:06:36Z)
- A year in review Black Momma Tea Café The year of Implementation! (2023-02-06T10:37:37Z)
- Vanessa's Grand opening message on how We impacted a community and space vacant for 8 years! (2021-12-17T06:48:19Z)
- Black Momma Tea & Cafe Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Success Dec 11, 2021 (2021-12-17T05:37:00Z)
- Rolling Stone Magazine Honors Black Momma Vodka Best Black-Owned Vodka (2021-03-26T21:53:10Z)
- Finally, Black Momma Tea & Cafe has received its Ticker Symbol "BMT" for future listing on NYSE.!!! Boom Small Caps are back! (2020-12-23T23:54:06Z)
- Vanessa Braxton Featured on the Today Show on NBC - (2020-10-18T18:25:29Z)
- CEO, Vanessa Braxton Celebrates 51 years today and featured on the Cover of Entrepreneur Magazine (2020-08-23T00:27:11Z)
- VANESSA BRAXTON IN FORBES AND ESSENCE MAGAZINE! FEATURED IN THE SAME WEEK! (2020-05-14T23:19:59Z)
- Black Momma Vodka Owner Vanessa Braxton Pivots from Vodka to Hand Sanitizer and BMTC DC will distrubute these essential products ! Boom! (2020-04-27T15:18:43Z)
- View Vanessa Braxton interview on Cheddar at the New York Stock Exchange! (2020-02-29T03:33:38Z)
- FYI, Respectfully, Please DO NOT use other people (investors) names to join our Facebook Pre IPO Private Equity Group. Period! (2020-02-02T16:32:14Z)
- Everyone will receive a 10% bonus on their shares in this round (only)! Please read this important info in regards to receiving shares & perks. (2019-12-20T12:42:30Z)
- We Did it together, We hit the maximum at a raise over 1 million! Please read very important SEC compliance and What happens Next. (2019-12-10T13:56:32Z)
- Imagine if you invested $500 in Amazon in 1997 at 18 pr share, You would have over $568,620 ! 🤔 (2019-12-09T00:31:25Z)

## Q&A
- Q: Can we still invest?
  - A: Not now, the round closed and hit the max
- Q: We try to invest in our own and this is what we get. Seems like another bold faced hustle.
- Q: Its been 6 years already, I feel sadden because she ( vannessa) is sporting a big fur coat and gaining profit and all I have is 6years of NOTHING I really believed in her. This is December 2025 already.
- Q: Vanessa Dont have anymore questions I was asking in relation our group I am trying to drive some traffic your way our group is an investment group called Angels and Entrepreneours our mentor is Neal Patel hopefully I can get u some more investors Take care and have a fantabulous day Ronnie
- Q: Hi, when should we expect a 2026 financial update?
- Q: Any updates for the upcoming 2026 year? I haven’t heard anything in years.
- Q: Can someone please update me on the progress of this company. I haven’t heard anything about my investment since 2024.
- Q: So here is an update. Mrs. Braxton has purchased her 54th property and is celebrating by posting on Instagram and looking for accolades. As this is the 5th year of the 2175 investors giving out $1.6 million and not having a damn thing to show for it, I recommend that you go on Insta, Youtube (She had the audacity to comment on the Uncle Nearest situation) and ask about your investment. She inquired why I didn't come out and support the newest opening of the building. The answer is 2 fold. One, I didn't know about it. Two, If I had received any dividends from my investment I would have been more than happy to come see where my money went. But I see now it is going to make her richer.
- Q: So when we invested 5 - 6 years ago, when do we see an ROI? I mean 2175 investors investing $1,603,720 is no small feat. Over 6 years at a 4% return should have yielded $2Mil. So where is the money? What is happening here? No dividends nothing? Yet there is another distillery opening? Mrs. Braxton is talking about the Uncle Nearest situation? Yet nothing coming in my email or mailbox or anything. I want answers. Mrs. Braxton, I am calling you out. Come out here and defend yourself. Tell these investors where their money is. What it is doing for you and why it isn't working for them.
- Q: I invested way back in May 2018 and still haven't seen my certificate. Can you advise? Thanks!
- Q: Good morning and happy 1/1/20. I just found your company and would like to know if you’re considering opening the investment window again at a later date? Thank you and congratulations!
- Q: I am not seeing where I can invest in shares of stock. Can you please give me some direction on how we can go about investing in shares of stock?
- Q: Can we still invest?
- Q: I would like to invest.
- Q: Hi! I heard about BMTC yesterday. I would like to invest. How would I get started?