The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (sometimes shortened to simply "The Coffee Bean" or "Coffee Bean") is an American coffee chain, owned and operated by International Coffee & Tea, LLC, which has its corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California.[2] The first outlet opened in September 1963. The chain has over 830 locations in 23 countries.[3] Within the United States, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has locations in San Francisco, Phoenix metropolitan area, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Texas, Alabama, Miami, Detroit, New York City, and Washington, D.C.. The majority of locations are in Southern California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura. Many locations outside of California are franchises, such as Hawaii. Singapore entrepreneurs Sunny and Victor Sassoon have opened locations throughout Southeast Asia and many other parts of the world since buying the company in 1998. read more