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Qamaria Yemeni Coffee vs The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.

Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
Too new to judge
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Weaker disclosed record
Verdict
Units · latest run
2 → 13 units (2021–2023)
Net unit change
-8.2% (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Strong
No SBA loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$40,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$241K–$358K
Investment range
$532K–$1.5M
5%
Royalty
5.5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed

Qamaria Yemeni Coffee

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