 It was founded in Dearborn, Michigan in 1976 and has over 100 locations in the United States.In 1976 JoAnne and Julius Shaw began selling specialty coffee to consumers in their first store at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan.As of February 2007, the company had 131 franchise locations in the United States and another 25 in other countries, most notably in Kuwait, Bahrain, China, Cyprus, South Korea, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.