May 13, 2022

From a skill picked up at a part-time job during college, Shania Rozeboom has started to build her coffee roasting company.

Rainy Day Coffee Co. began three years ago in the home she shares with her husband, Seth, in the ghost town of Moe, southwest of Newton Hills State Park. Rozeboom bought a used roaster from Watertown Confectionery where she had worked and began selling her coffee beans online and in local stores.

Last year, she added “Lucille,” the nickname for her coffee truck, which the couple rebuilt, and began selling drinks at festivals and private events.

She and Lucille will be in Sioux Falls on Saturday morning, teaming up with the new Kane’s Baked Goods & Cafe for the Brunch + Coffee Collab. She’ll join Kane’s at its usual spot in a parking lot at 10th Street and Minnesota Avenue from 8 a.m. to noon.

Kane’s uses Rainy Day beans for its hot coffee and cold brew.

For her second season, Rozeboom added an espresso machine, allowing her to expand the menu. Other offerings include drip coffee from several of her bean varieties, lattes, flavored coffee, coffee “frozos,” tea and chai.

“Drinkwise, we’re always revamping the menu, keeping the popular ones. We’re always playing with stuff. I have some girls who work for me and like to be creative.”

Customers also can find bags of beans on the truck.

She buys green coffee beans from a company that imports them from several counties in the “bean belt” along the equator.

“I have eight different roasts from light to dark,” she said. “I just added Cozy Canteen, a dark roast.”

Other varieties have clever names like Workin’ Man, Apron Strings and 2 AM Diner.

Rozeboom said she plans to be more selective about the events she attends this season and is doing her first weddings later this month. “I’m excited to see how it plays out,” she said of being part of a couple’s big day.

She posts locations on Rainy Day Coffee’s Facebook page.

Bringing coffee to people at events such as track meets and festivals is enjoyable, she said.

“It’s fun to see everybody else’s love for it come out, especially at an event where you typically don’t get a coffee.”

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