Who owns The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf?
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is owned by Jollibee Group (the Philippines, PSE: JFC), which has owned the brand since 2019.[1]
Jollibee Group owns 80% of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report, Jollibee Foods Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Jollibee Foods Corporation (80% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Pasig City
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1963
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Coffee & café chains
- Parent ticker
- PSE: JFC
- Trademark registrant
- Super Magnificent Coffee Company Ireland Limited (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is a Californian café chain that roasts its own coffee and invented the Original Ice Blended drink. Jollibee does not own it outright: its accounts show an 80 per cent indirect holding in Super Magnificent Coffee Company, the Singapore company through which the chain is held. It ended 2025 with 1,079 stores.
Trademark record for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
The USPTO record for the The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf mark lists Super Magnificent Coffee Company Ireland Limited as the owner of record (serial number 97684768). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
- 2019 – present Jollibee Group (80%) [1] reported
Where The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf sits in Jollibee Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
Other brands in coffee & café chains, and who owns them
Jollibee Group has more brands in coffee & café chains on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 24.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee Couture | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Mikka Coffee Roaster | After You | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Elios Craft Cafe | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| CHAGEE | Chagee | 🇨🇳 China |
| Costa Coffee | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dutch Bros | Dutch Bros | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dunkin' | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jeronymo | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines, founded in 1978. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: JFC.
Jollibee Foods Corporation was registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission on 11 January 1978 and has grown from a Manila fast-food chain into a restaurant group with more than 10,300 stores in 33 countries and about 28,900 employees at the end of 2025. It owns some of its brands outright, holds majority stakes in others, and runs the Philippine franchises of Burger King, Panda Express and Yoshinoya, which belong to other companies. Its shares are listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Jollibee Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf among them.
- Applebee's — Dine Brands 🇺🇸
- Arby's — Inspire Brands 🇺🇸
- Baja Fresh — MTY Group 🇨🇦
- Bonefish Grill — Bloomin' Brands 🇺🇸
- Burger King — Restaurant Brands International 🇨🇦
- Caribou Coffee — Panera Brands 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf?
The parent company of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is Jollibee Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf American or Filipino?
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf originated in the United States in 1963, but it is owned today by Jollibee Group, which is headquartered in the Philippines. So The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is an American-origin brand under Filipino ownership.
Since when has Jollibee Group owned The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf?
Jollibee Group has owned The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf since 2019.
Is The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf still owned by Jollibee Group?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is still owned by Jollibee Group (80% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report — Jollibee Foods Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF, serial 97684768, registration 7363372 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [3] The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: Our Story — International Coffee & Tea, LLC, Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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