Advent, CDIB, Mirae back The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Advent International has joined Taiwan's CDIB Capital and Japan's Mirae Asset Private Equity to acquire a significant stake in International Coffee and Tea, the company behind US specialty coffee and tea retailer - The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. The largest existing shareholder in the company, the Sassoon family, also participated in the deal.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Coffee Bean was established in Southern California in 1963 and claims to be one of the world's largest independent and privately-owned coffee...
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