Company Background

• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf was founded in 1963 by Herbert B. Hyman. The first store was born in Los Angeles. Today it is the largest privately held coffee and tea retailer in the country, with locations in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Texas. Internationally, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has expanded to include store locations in more than 20 countries, such as China, Egypt and Kuwait.
  
  

Nutrition Information

• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf website includes downloadable PDFs containing detailed nutrition information for all its hot and cold beverages. Each product is broken down by calories, saturated fat, sodium and carbohydrates. This includes the company's selection of no-sugar-added drinks. Whole milk verses nonfat milk beverages are also included in the nutrition facts PDFs. Nutrition information is listed for every drink size: 12, 16, 20 and 24 oz.
  
  

Hot Drinks

• Basic coffee drinks, such as brewed coffee and espresso, contain about 5 calories and zero carbohydrates. Lattes can range from 130 to 330 calories, depending on the size and type of milk ordered. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is also known for its specialty beverages. Some of these drinks, such as a 20-oz. hazelnut latte, are more than 500 calories. However, there are plenty of health-conscious options to satisfy customers. The no-sugar-added, 12-oz. café mocha, for example, is just 90 calories. For tea lovers, regular tea is 5 calories. The company's vanilla- and chocolate-flavored tea lattes range from 90 to 360 calories, and several contain no saturated fat.
  
  

Cold Drinks

• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf offers a line of ice blended drinks in flavors including mocha, vanilla, caramel and white chocolate. The 24-oz. caramel ice blended beverage is 790 calories, but the 12-oz., no-sugar-added version is just 200 calories. Flavored and regular iced lattes can be ordered to include as few as 60 calories or as many as 460 calories. Regular iced coffee and iced teas contain 10 calories or fewer, no saturated fat and 1 to 2 carbohydrates. The company's specialty iced tea lattes range from 40 to 260 calories, while the 24-oz. green tea ice blended beverage contains 600 calories and 11g of saturated fat.
  
  

Food Items

• Customers interested to learn the nutritional content of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's food items are urged to call 1 (800) TEA-LEAF or email info@coffeebean.com. Because the company works with various bakeries, nutrition information for its food items varies by store location. In addition, some franchises, including those in Nevada and some stores in Arizona and Southern California, are kosher.