The house that specialty coffee built

If you could do a sort of James Joyce stream-of-consciousness literary magic, and transcribe the conversations transpiring inside a coffeehouse, that would be quite a jolt. Think of all the blind dates, business meetings and casual conversations percolating inside the café — in a variety of fonts, sizes and colors. A plumed question here, a … Continued

Coffee, tea, and an anniversary

CBTL was first brewed in Southern California in 1968, and opened its first store in the Philippines in 2003, in Greenbelt, Makati. The brand now has 130 stores nationwide. Worldwide, it is found in 1,000 locations.

This New Coffee Bean Looks Like a Set From The Great Gatsby

These days, it takes more than just an impressive menu to attract customers. Picture-perfect interiors and a cozy ambience are now part of the equation, and it seems like The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s newest branch in the Metro knows this game well.

Singapore-based Southern Capital invests in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in the Philippines, one of the largest specialty coffee and tea retail chains in the country operated by The Table Group, has secured a strategic investment from Singapore based Southern Capital, a leading private equity firm that focuses on high growth middle market businesses in Southeast Asia.