Skip to main content
Thursday, October 29, 2026Oct 29
Subscribe
All Sections
Search
More

This story is free to read.

There’s a mission behind the mocha at Chattanooga’s Green Bean Coffee Co.

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Onteaya and Antonio Tate opened Green Bean Coffee Co. in January.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Onteaya and Antonio Tate opened Green Bean Coffee Co. in January. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Onteaya and Antonio Tate opened Green Bean Coffee Co. in January.

By Bob Gary 3 min read


Having healed herself, Onteaya Tate now wants do the same for her Green Bean Coffee Co. customers.

“My mission in life,” she says, “is to benefit people from the inside out.”

Tate and her husband, Antonio, launched Green Bean on Gunbarrel Road in January. In August, the Tates opened a second location, at 806 E. 12th St. in downtown Chattanooga.

Onteaya (pronounced on-TAY-uh) Tate says she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in early 2020, but “reversed” the condition by going to a diet of plant-based whole foods.