About Us

Two people standing outside, holding a sign with various fruit flavors, including pineapple, mango, strawberry, and grape, with a woman on the left wearing a black shirt and a man on the right wearing a light blue shirt.

The woman who put The Honey Dripper House on wheels.

Maybe you called it a limber. Maybe cool cups. Maybe you don't remember the name at all, but you remember the cup was cold enough to make your fingers numb. You remember the spoon scraping the last of it before it was gone.

You were a child. It was summer. And you never forgot.

A. Michele Kimbrough remembers. Miss Jones sold lucky cups from her front window on the Eastside of Jacksonville, dimes wrapped in aluminum foil hidden at the bottom like buried treasure. When Miss Manning opened her back door, you knew you'd get an ice cold cup and homemade cookies that drew children from blocks away. Kimbrough grew up between those two houses, learning the right cup, made by the right hands, at the right moment, can give someone something they didn't know they were missing.

She started commercial production in 2008 and what she built over the next 20 years is not just a product. If you tell her the word you had for it as a child she will know exactly where you're from. That is fluency.

That knowledge belongs to The Honey Dripper House because Kimbrough spent 20 years earning it one cup at a time.

In 2025, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp chose Honey Drippers as their alternate identity — the first time in 17 years the franchise had taken on a new name. But they didn't choose any honey dripper. They chose The Honey Dripper House.

From a garage on the Eastside to Big Baby. From Big Baby to a professional sports partnership. From a professional sports partnership to a commissary at Union Terminal Warehouse and all of Jacksonville.

A. Michele Kimbrough never forgot either.

Honey drippers mean something deeper in Jacksonville.

When a professional sports franchise aligns its identity with yours, it is not a marketing decision. It is a recognition. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp recognized what the Eastside has always known: a honey dripper from The Honey Dripper House doesn't just taste like something, it tastes like somewhere. Eighteen years of proof will do that. The next chapter is already being written.

Every cup is a promise.

Hand-poured with carefully sourced real fruit and fruit juice, chosen to transport you home. Quality is not negotiable when you are serving someone's childhood memory. Every cup is made with the understanding that the person holding it will remember it. That is exactly the point.

The Eastside raised us. We give back.

Every young person who works here learns that making something well is a form of love. Every cup is an act of preservation. What Miss Jones and Miss Manning knew on two blocks of the Eastside, A. Michele Kimbrough brought to all of Jacksonville. The best of it is still ahead.

  • "I had a blueberry slushee at the Melanin Blacknificent street festival. it was AMAZING. Well worth the price and loads of flavor. They don't skimp. Make sure you check them out."

    —Keith Johnson, Customer

  • “The best Honey Drippers!! Will be buying a few every time they are in my community. Love these!!! The mango is my favorite but quite honest all the flavors that I have tried are good.”

    —Rosy Rose, Customer

  • “We have been seeing signs for this for a little over a year and never managed to find them till now. Lemme tell you, we are BIG FANS and will be seeking you guys out from now on! Pineapple and Fruit Punch for the WIN!”

    —Alyssa Hartgraves, Customer

  • “These are the Best Honey Drippers in Town, plus they're not too too SWEET! You don't gotta worry about it tasting like straight syrup or anything. They also serve Popsicle for your other taste bud enjoyment.”

    —Alexis Faye, Customer

  • “We are SO thankful for choosing Honey Dripper for our ice cream truck for our wedding!!! We had a BLAST serving all our guests, and the staff helped us so much! Our line went quickly and it was a total hit! I highly recommend Honey Dripper :)”

    —Bridget Hennessy, Customer

  • “THE BEST TREAT EVER❗️❗️❗️😩😩😭😭❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️ #GetYouSome 😋”

    —Ayanna Michele, Customer

  • “Alice, I don't know how you do that! These Honey Drippers are just astounding! Taste like you used real pineapple but I just don't know HOW you get your ice cream so creamy!!!”

    —Customer

  • “THE VERY BEST HONEY DRIPPER!!! If you see this truck, STOP AND TREAT YOURSELF 😋 #yummy”

    —Charletta Green, Customer

  • “Enjoyed my piña colada!! It was refreshing during a hot day!!”

    —Danni Brooker, Customer

In Loving Memory

They are the reason this business exists. Not because they made honey drippers — but because they made Alice. Every cup Honey Dripper House pours carries their understanding: that making something well, with care, for the person in front of you, is one of the most human things you can do.

A woman sitting in a foldable lawn chair outdoors, wearing a blue t-shirt and white shorts. She is smiling and wearing glasses. Two people sit behind her on the grass in a park-like setting.

Mrs. Bea - "Mama"

Smiling woman in a purple shirt with glasses and earrings, sitting at a table with water bottles around her.

Vivian Horne - "Big Mama"

Portrait of a woman wearing a large black fur hat, gold hoop earrings, and red lipstick.

Loretta Perry - "Auntie"

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