1 unchanged sentence
Reborn Coffee, Inc.
−Removed: (“Reborn”) was
−Removed: incorporated in the State of Florida in January 2018.
−Removed: In July 2022, Reborn migrated was from Florida to Delaware, and filed a certificate
+Added: (“Reborn Coffee”)
+Added: was incorporated in the State of Florida in January 2018.
+Added: In July 2022, Reborn Coffee migrated from Florida to Delaware, and filed a certificate
of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware having the same capitalization structure as the Florida predecessor
−Removed: Reborn has the following wholly owned subsidiaries:
−Removed: Reborn Global Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: (“Reborn Holdings”), a California Corporation incorporated in November 2014.
−Removed: Reborn Holdings is engaged in the operation of wholesale distribution and retail coffee stores in California to sell a variety of coffee, tea, Reborn brand name water and other beverages along with bakery and dessert products.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee Franchise, LLC (the “Reborn Coffee Franchise”), a California limited liability corporation formed in December 2020, is a franchisor providing premier roaster specialty coffee to franchisees or customers.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee Franchise continues to develop the Reborn Coffee system for the establishment and operation of Reborn Coffee stores using one or more Reborn Coffee marks.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee Franchise does not have any franchisee as of December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Reborn Realty, LLC (the “Reborn Realty”), a California limited liability corporation formed in March 2023, is an entity which acquired a real property located at 596 Apollo Street, Brea, California.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee Korea, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Reborn Korea”) – a Korea corporation located in Daejeon, South Korea formed in October 2023, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reborn Holdings with one retail coffee store under the brand name of Reborn Coffee.
−Removed: Reborn Malaysia, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Reborn Malaysia”) – a Malaysian corporation located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia formed in October 2023, is majority owned subsidiary, with 60% ownership, of Reborn Holdings with one retail coffee store under the brand name of Reborn Coffee.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee, Inc., Reborn Global Holdings, Inc.,
−Removed: Reborn Coffee Franchise, LLC, Reborn Realty, LLC, Reborn Korea and Reborn Malaysia will be collectively referred as the “Company”.
+Added: Reborn Coffee has the following wholly owned subsidiaries:
+Added: Global Holdings, Inc.
+Added: (“Reborn Holdings”) – a California corporation incorporated in
+Added: November 2014.
+Added: Reborn Holdings is engaged in the operation of wholesale distribution and retail coffee stores in California to sell a
+Added: variety of coffee, tea, Reborn brand name water and other beverages along with bakery and dessert products.
+Added: Coffee Franchise, LLC (“Reborn Coffee Franchise”) – a California limited liability company
+Added: formed in December 2020, is a franchisor providing premier roaster specialty coffee to franchisees or customers.
+Added: Reborn Coffee Franchise
+Added: continues to develop the :Reborn Coffee System” for the establishment and operation of Reborn Coffee stores using one or more Reborn
+Added: Coffee marks.
+Added: Reborn Coffee Franchise does not have any franchisees as of December 31, 2025.
+Added: Realty, LLC (“Reborn Realty”) – a California limited liability company formed in March
+Added: 2023, is an entity which acquired a real property located at 596 Apollo Street, Brea, California.
+Added: ● Reborn Logistics,
+Added: (the “Reborn Logistics”) – a California corporation
+Added: incorporated in September 2025.
+Added: Reborn Logistics provides trucking, transportation and logistics
+Added: Reborn holds a 51% interest in Reborn Logistics.
+Added: ● Reborn Coffee
+Added: (“Reborn Korea”) – a Korea corporation
+Added: located in Daejeon, South Korea formed in October 2023, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reborn
+Added: Malaysia, Inc.
+Added: (“Reborn Malaysia”) – a Malaysian corporation
+Added: located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia formed in October 2023, is majority owned subsidiary of
+Added: Reborn Holdings with one retail coffee store under the brand name of Reborn Coffee.
+Added: In this Report, “we,” “our,” “us,”
+Added: “Reborn,” and “the Company” refer to Reborn Coffee, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, unless
+Added: the context requires otherwise.
In August 2022, we consummated our initial public
−Removed: offering (the “IPO”) of 1,440,000 shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $5.00 per share,
−Removed: generating gross proceeds of $7,200,000.
−Removed: Net proceeds from the IPO were approximately $6.2 million after deducting underwriting discounts
−Removed: and commissions and other offering expenses of approximately $998,000.
−Removed: We had granted the underwriters a 45-day option
−Removed: to purchase up to 216,000 additional shares (equal to 15% of the shares of common stock sold in the offering) to cover over-allotments.
−Removed: In addition, we had agreed to issue to the representative of the several underwriters warrants to purchase the number of shares of common
−Removed: stock in the aggregate equal to five percent (5%) of the shares of common stock to be issued and sold in the IPO.
−Removed: The warrants are exercisable
−Removed: for a price per share equal to 125% of the public offering price.
−Removed: No over-allotment option or representative’s warrants have been
−Removed: On August 12, 2022, our common stock began trading
−Removed: on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “REBN”.
+Added: offering (the “IPO”) and our common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “REBN”.
On January 12, 2024, we filed a Certificate of
4 unchanged sentences
Except for our historical financial statements and unless otherwise stated, all option,
−Removed: share, and per share information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K gives effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
+Added: share, and per share information in this Report gives effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
We are a high growth operator and franchisor of
2 unchanged sentences
constant improvement in the coffee experience through exploration of new technology and premier service, guided by traditional brewing
−Removed: We believe Reborn differentiates itself from other coffee roasters through its innovative techniques, including sourcing,
−Removed: washing, roasting, and brewing our coffee beans with a balance of precision and craft.
+Added: We believe we differentiate ourselves from other coffee roasters through its innovative techniques, including sourcing, washing,
+Added: roasting, and brewing our coffee beans with a balance of precision and craft.
The source of coffee is pinnacle to specialty
13 unchanged sentences
“Reborn Wash Process” is the key to creating the clean flavor of our coffee.
−Removed: Our Wash Process is distinguished by the use of magnetized
−Removed: water to wash our green coffee beans when they arrive at the Reborn facility, in order to extract impurities and enhance hydration before
−Removed: the roasting process.
−Removed: Magnetizing water is a process that converts the particles of water, which can naturally appear in various sizes,
−Removed: into evenly sized particles.
−Removed: As a result of this process, we believe that the water increases its hydration and ability to absorb into
−Removed: organic material.
−Removed: Our water is created through a water magnetizing device in which water is flowed through the device and magnetizes the
−Removed: water on-site immediately prior to use.
+Added: The “Reborn Wash Process” is distinguished
+Added: by the use of magnetized water to wash our green coffee beans when they arrive at our facility, in order to extract impurities and enhance
+Added: hydration before the roasting process.
+Added: Magnetizing water is a process that converts the particles of water, which can naturally appear
+Added: in various sizes, into evenly sized particles.
+Added: As a result of this process, we believe that the water increases its hydration and ability
+Added: to absorb into organic material.
+Added: Our water is created through a water magnetizing device in which water is flowed through the device and
+Added: magnetizes the water on-site immediately prior to use.
After the wash, we roast our washed-green beans
9 unchanged sentences
Other brew methods, such as an in-house pour over and drip coffee, are also available.
−Removed: In 2015 Jay Kim, our Chief Executive Officer,
−Removed: founded Reborn Coffee.
−Removed: Kim and his team launched Reborn Coffee with the vision of using the finest pure ingredients and pristine water.
+Added: In 2015, Jay Kim, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, founded Reborn Coffee.
+Added: Kim and his team launched Reborn Coffee with the vision of
+Added: using the finest pure ingredients and pristine water.
We serve customers through our retail store locations in Southern California:
−Removed: Brea, La Crescenta, Huntington Beach, Corona Del Mar, Laguna
−Removed: Woods, Riverside, Manhattan Beach, Irvine, Diamond Bar and Anaheim.
−Removed: In addition to the locations in the United States, we have two international
−Removed: locations in South Korea and Malaysia.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, all of our 12 locations
−Removed: were company-operated.
+Added: La Crescenta, Corona Del Mar, Laguna Woods, Riverside, Manhattan Beach, Irvine, Diamond Bar and Anaheim.
+Added: In addition to the locations
+Added: in the United States, we have one international location in Malaysia.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, all of our ten locations were Company (corporate)
The Experience, Reborn
As leading pioneers of the emerging “Fourth
−Removed: Wave” movement, Reborn Coffee is redefining specialty coffee as an experience that demands much more than premium quality.
−Removed: ourselves leaders of the “fourth wave” coffee movement because we are constantly developing our bean processing methods, researching
+Added: Wave” movement, we are redefining specialty coffee as an experience that demands much more than premium quality.
+Added: We consider ourselves
+Added: leaders of the “fourth wave” coffee movement because we are constantly developing our bean processing methods, researching
design concepts, and reinventing new ways of drinking coffee.
2 unchanged sentences
We took the pour over drip concept
−Removed: and made it available and affordable to the public through our Reborn Coffee Pour Over packs.
−Removed: Our Pour Over Packs allow our consumers
−Removed: to consume our specialty coffee outdoors and on-the-go.
+Added: and made it available and affordable to the public through our “Pour Over Packs”.
+Added: Our “Pour Over Packs” allow
+Added: our consumers to consume our specialty coffee outdoors and on-the-go.
Our success in innovating within the “Fourth
−Removed: wave” coffee movement is measured by our success in B2B sales with our introduction of Reborn Coffee Pour Over Packs to hotels.
−Removed: With the introduction of our Pour Over Packs to major hotels, our B2B sales increased as these companies recognized the convenience and
−Removed: functionality our Pour Over Packs serve to their customers.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee’s continuous Research and
−Removed: Development is essential to developing new parameters in the production of new blends.
−Removed: Our first place position in “America’s
−Removed: Best Cold Brew” competition by Coffee Fest in 2017 in Portland and 2018 in Los Angeles is a testament to the way we believe we lead
−Removed: the “fourth wave” movement by example.
−Removed: Centered around its core values of service, trust,
−Removed: and well-being, Reborn Coffee delivers an appreciation of coffee as both a science and an art.
−Removed: Developing innovative processes such as
−Removed: washing green coffee beans with magnetized water, we challenge traditional preparation methods by focusing on the relationship between
−Removed: water chemistry, health, and flavor profile.
−Removed: Leading research studies, testing brewing equipment, and refining roasting/brewing methods
−Removed: to a specific, Reborn Coffee proactively distinguishes exceptional quality from good quality by starting at the foundation and paying
−Removed: attention to the details.
−Removed: Our mission places an equal emphasis on humanizing the coffee experience, delivering a fresh take on “farm-to-table”
−Removed: by sourcing internationally.
−Removed: In this way, Reborn Coffee creates opportunities to develop transparency by paying homage to origin stories
−Removed: and spark new conversations by building cross-cultural communities united by a passion for the finest coffee.
−Removed: Through a broad product offering, Reborn Coffee
−Removed: provides customers with a wide variety of beverages and coffee options.
−Removed: As a result, we believe we can capture share of any experience
−Removed: where customers seek to consume great beverages whether in our inviting store atmospheres which are designed for comfort, or on the go
−Removed: through our pour over packs, or at home with our whole bean ground coffee bags.
−Removed: We believe that the retail coffee market in the US is
−Removed: large and growing.
−Removed: According to IBIS, in 2025, the retail market for coffee in the United States is expected to be $74.3 billion.
−Removed: is expected to grow due to a shift in consumer preferences to premium coffee, including specialized blends, espresso-based beverages,
−Removed: and cold brew options.
−Removed: We aim to capture a growing portion of the market as we expand and increase consumer awareness of our brand.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee focuses on three key features in
−Removed: our branding:
−Removed: “Introducing the Fourth Wave,” “America’s Best Cold Brew,” and our newly launched “Tea
−Removed: and Bakery” concept.
−Removed: These elements encapsulate the quality of the Reborn Coffee Process—from sourcing, washing, roasting,
−Removed: and brewing coffee to our growing selection of handcrafted tea offerings and artisanal baked goods.
+Added: Wave” coffee movement is measured by our success in B2B sales with our introduction of our Pour Over Packs to hotels.
+Added: With the introduction
+Added: of our Pour Over Packs to major hotels, our B2B sales increased as these companies recognized the convenience and functionality our Pour
+Added: Over Packs serve to their customers.
+Added: Our continuous research and development is essential
+Added: to developing new parameters in the production of new blends.
+Added: Our first place position in “America’s Best Cold Brew”
+Added: competition by Coffee Fest in 2017 in Portland and 2018 in Los Angeles is a testament to the way we believe we lead the “fourth
+Added: wave” movement by example.
+Added: Centered around our core values of service, trust,
+Added: and well-being, we deliver an appreciation of coffee as both a science and an art.
+Added: Developing innovative processes such as washing green
+Added: coffee beans with magnetized water, we challenge traditional preparation methods by focusing on the relationship between water chemistry,
+Added: health, and flavor profile.
+Added: Through leading research studies, testing brewing equipment, and refining roasting/brewing methods, we proactively
+Added: distinguish exceptional quality from good quality by starting at the foundation and paying attention to the details.
+Added: Our mission places
+Added: an equal emphasis on humanizing the coffee experience, delivering a fresh take on “farm-to-table” by sourcing internationally.
+Added: In this way, we create opportunities to develop transparency by paying homage to origin stories and spark new conversations by building
+Added: cross-cultural communities united by a passion for the finest coffee.
+Added: Through a broad product offering, we provide customers
+Added: with a wide variety of beverages and coffee options.
+Added: As a result, we believe we can capture share of any experience where customers seek
+Added: to consume great beverages whether in our inviting store atmospheres which are designed for comfort, or on the go through our pour over
+Added: packs, or at home with our whole bean ground coffee bags.
+Added: We believe that the retail coffee market in the US is large and growing.
+Added: to IBIS, in 2025, the retail market for coffee in the United States is expected to be $74.3 billion.
+Added: This is expected to grow due to a
+Added: shift in consumer preferences to premium coffee, including specialized blends, espresso-based beverages, and cold brew options.
+Added: to capture a growing portion of the market as we expand and increase consumer awareness of our brand.
+Added: We focus on three key features in our branding:
+Added: “Introducing the Fourth Wave,” “America’s Best Cold Brew,” and our “Tea and Bakery” concept.
+Added: These elements encapsulate the quality of the “Reborn Coffee Process” — from sourcing, washing, roasting, and brewing
+Added: coffee to our growing selection of handcrafted tea offerings and artisanal baked goods.
The addition of premium teas and bakery products
−Removed: complements our coffee program and expands the Reborn experience into a more complete and versatile lifestyle brand.
−Removed: Whether customers
−Removed: visit us for a specialty pour over, a matcha latte, or a fresh pastry, the Reborn brand aims to deliver a moment of rejuvenation and enjoyment.
−Removed: The Reborn Coffee brand is essential to our marketing
−Removed: strategy, as it allows us to stand out compared to our competitors.
−Removed: All of our products aim to make customers feel “reborn”
−Removed: through quality, service, and innovation.
+Added: complements our coffee program and expands the our experience into a more complete and versatile lifestyle brand.
+Added: Whether customers visit
+Added: us for a specialty pour over, a matcha latte, or a fresh pastry, our brand aims to deliver a moment of rejuvenation and enjoyment.
+Added: Our brand is essential to our marketing strategy,
+Added: as it allows us to stand out compared to our competitors.
+Added: All of our products aim to make customers feel “reborn” through
+Added: quality, service, and innovation.
Our Menu and Products
8 unchanged sentences
Our Retail Locations
−Removed: Reborn Coffee is built upon superior customer
−Removed: service, convenience and a modern experience as well as safe, clean and well-maintained stores that reflect the personalities of the communities
−Removed: in which they operate, thereby building a high degree of customer loyalty.
−Removed: Our strategy for expanding our retail business is to increase
−Removed: our category share in an aggressive manner, by opening additional stores in new and existing markets, as well as increasing sales in existing
−Removed: Store growth in specific existing markets will vary due to many factors, including expected financial returns, the maturity of
−Removed: the market, economic conditions, consumer behavior and local business practices.
−Removed: Our highly efficient retail locations and kiosks place
−Removed: a premium on customer convenience without sacrificing the personal experience.
−Removed: Our new retail locations are typically 800 to 1,500 square
−Removed: feet and are located in shopping plazas in upscale areas.
−Removed: We strategically position our new locations in areas where large-chain coffee
−Removed: locations have moved out, creating an opportunity for us to remodel a purpose-built coffee retail store.
−Removed: In this way, we are able to open
−Removed: quickly in high traffic areas with established local demand for coffee, ensuring a customer base we can convert into Reborn Coffee customers
−Removed: by offering a specialty coffee experience that wasn’t previously available.
−Removed: Our locations feature patios, contemporary design, and
−Removed: inviting atmospheres for socialization, study, and work.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee is built upon superior customer
−Removed: service, convenience, and a modern customer experience, as well as safe, clean, and well-maintained stores that reflect the personalities
−Removed: of the communities in which they operate, thereby building a high degree of customer loyalty.
−Removed: Our strategy for expanding our retail business
−Removed: is to aggressively increase our market share by opening additional stores in both new and existing markets, while also driving sales growth
−Removed: at our current locations.
−Removed: The pace of store development in each market is guided by factors such as expected financial returns, market
−Removed: maturity, economic conditions, consumer trends, and local business environments.
+Added: We are built upon superior customer service, convenience and a modern
+Added: experience as well as safe, clean and well-maintained stores that reflect the personalities of the communities in which they operate,
+Added: thereby building a high degree of customer loyalty.
+Added: Our strategy for expanding our retail business is to increase our category share in
+Added: an aggressive manner, by opening additional stores in new and existing markets, as well as increasing sales in existing stores.
+Added: of store development in each market is guided by factors such as expected financial returns, market maturity, economic conditions, consumer
+Added: trends, and local business environments.
+Added: Our highly efficient retail locations and kiosks place a premium on customer convenience without
+Added: sacrificing the personal experience.
+Added: Our retail locations are typically 800 to 1,500 square feet and are located in shopping plazas in
+Added: upscale areas.
+Added: We strategically position our new locations in areas where large-chain coffee locations have moved out, creating an opportunity
+Added: for us to remodel a purpose-built coffee retail store.
+Added: In this way, we are able to open quickly in high traffic areas with established
+Added: local demand for coffee, ensuring a customer base we can convert into our customers by offering a specialty coffee experience that was
+Added: not previously available.
+Added: Our locations feature patios, contemporary design, and inviting atmospheres for socialization, study, and work.
Our highly efficient retail stores and kiosks
prioritize customer convenience without sacrificing personalization or quality.
−Removed: Most new locations are between 800 to 1,500 square feet
−Removed: and situated in upscale shopping plazas or key urban centers.
−Removed: We often target spaces vacated by larger national coffee chains, enabling
−Removed: us to remodel purpose-built stores and open quickly in high-traffic areas with pre-existing demand.
−Removed: These strategic decisions support
−Removed: customer conversion by delivering a specialty coffee experience that was previously unavailable in the area.
−Removed: In addition to coffee, we are rolling out a Tea
−Removed: and Bakery concept that integrates seamlessly with our retail footprint, enhancing dwell time, increasing average ticket size, and diversifying
−Removed: our product mix.
−Removed: Our stores feature patios, modern design, and
−Removed: inviting interiors that encourage customers to socialize, study, or work.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, we operated 12 corporate-owned retail
−Removed: locations across California.
+Added: Most locations are between 800 to 1,500 square feet and
+Added: situated in upscale shopping plazas or key urban centers.
+Added: We often target spaces vacated by larger national coffee chains, enabling us
+Added: to remodel purpose-built stores and open quickly in high-traffic areas with pre-existing demand.
+Added: These strategic decisions support customer
+Added: conversion by delivering a specialty coffee experience that was previously unavailable in the area.
+Added: In addition to coffee, we have rolled out a “Tea
+Added: and Bakery” concept that integrates seamlessly with our retail footprint, enhancing dwell time, increasing average ticket size,
+Added: and diversifying our product mix.
+Added: Our stores feature patios, modern design, and inviting interiors that
+Added: encourage customers to socialize, study, or work.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, we operated nine corporate-owned retail locations across California,
+Added: and one location in Malaysia.
Franchise Operations
−Removed: In January 2021, we formed Reborn Coffee Franchise
−Removed: LLC in the State of California in order to begin franchising Reborn Coffee retail stores and kiosks.
−Removed: We plan to charge future franchisees
−Removed: a non-refundable franchise fee and certain marketing and royalty fees based on gross sales, however we presently have no contractual commitments
−Removed: or other agreements to do so.
−Removed: We expect to begin franchise sales in 2025.
−Removed: We believe that our team’s prior experience building a
−Removed: large, global foodservice business will allow us to rapidly scale our future franchise effort.
−Removed: In addition, we have formed a franchise
−Removed: council consisting of a team of franchise experts to advise us.
−Removed: We plan to expand beyond California to additional states to create a national
−Removed: and global presence.
+Added: We formed Reborn Coffee Franchise in order to
+Added: begin franchising our retail stores and kiosks.
+Added: We plan to charge future franchisees a non-refundable franchise fee and certain marketing
+Added: and royalty fees based on gross sales, however we presently have no contractual commitments or other agreements to do so.
+Added: begin franchise sales in 2026.
+Added: We believe that our team’s prior experience building a large, global foodservice business will allow
+Added: us to rapidly scale our future franchise effort.
+Added: In addition, we have formed a franchise council consisting of a team of franchise experts
+Added: to advise us.
+Added: We plan to expand beyond California to additional states to create a national and global presence.
Expanding Sales Channels
−Removed: Today, we sell a variety of our coffee and tea
−Removed: products through both enterprise (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels.
−Removed: Our B2B efforts focus on supplying premium coffee and tea
−Removed: products to hotels, offices, and hospitality groups.
−Removed: In 2024, we expanded our partnerships with hotel operators nationwide, enhancing
−Removed: brand presence in the hospitality sector through bulk ordering and custom offerings like pour over packs and cold brew.
+Added: Today, we sell a variety of our coffee and tea products through both
+Added: enterprise (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels.
+Added: Our B2B efforts focus on supplying premium coffee and tea products to hotels,
+Added: offices, and hospitality groups.
+Added: In 2025, we expanded our partnerships with hotel operators nationwide, enhancing brand presence in the
+Added: hospitality sector through bulk ordering and custom offerings like pour over packs and cold brew.
On the consumer side, we have significantly expanded
8 unchanged sentences
further scale both B2B and DTC distribution, supported by targeted ad campaigns, customized B2B outreach, and expanded fulfillment capabilities.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee is in the early stages of rapid
−Removed: growth as we strategically expand our footprint in existing markets and enter new markets.
−Removed: In the future, Reborn Coffee plans to expand
−Removed: across the country with new retail locations to share the quality of our specialty coffee.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee aims to also engage in the sales
−Removed: of future franchises to propel a new innovated wave in the coffee industry called “The Fourth Wave.” Reborn Coffee will continue
−Removed: to innovate in the coffee industry by making the industry more personal to our consumers, future franchisees, and employees.
−Removed: will be achieved through the continued innovation in our products, sourcing directly from farms, and giving customers choices in how their
−Removed: coffee is served to them.
−Removed: As Reborn Coffee expands, we hope to show the world that expanding in volume and size does not diminish the
−Removed: quality and personal element that is instilled in the coffee industry.
+Added: We are in the early stages of rapid growth as
+Added: we strategically expand our footprint in existing markets and enter new markets.
+Added: In the future, we plan to expand across the country with
+Added: new retail locations to share the quality of our specialty coffee.
+Added: We aim to also engage in the sales of future franchises to propel a
+Added: new innovated wave in the coffee industry called “The Fourth Wave.” We will continue to innovate in the coffee industry by
+Added: making the industry more personal to our consumers, future franchisees, and employees.
+Added: This goal will be achieved through the continued
+Added: innovation in our products, sourcing directly from farms, and giving customers choices in how their coffee is served to them.
+Added: As we expand,
+Added: we hope to show the world that expanding in volume and size does not diminish the quality and personal element that is instilled in the
+Added: coffee industry.
Since our founding, we have focused on delivering:
−Removed: Reborn Coffee sources the highest quality whole beans globally.
−Removed: We meet with coffee farmers, test coffee bean samples, and roast the beans in our headquarters in Southern California.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee provides the highest quality service to our customers.
−Removed: We pride ourselves on training our baristas and improving their knowledge of the art of coffee, which in turn allows us to deliver outstanding products and service to our customers.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee is a leader in the “Fourth Wave” premium coffee movement.
−Removed: We introduced our premium pour over pack coffee in 2017 and continue to innovate, recently introducing our unique cold brew system into our retail stores.
+Added: We source the highest quality whole beans globally.
+Added: We meet with coffee farmers, test coffee bean samples, and roast the beans in our
+Added: headquarters in Southern California.
+Added: We provide the highest quality service to our customers.
+Added: We pride ourselves on training our baristas and improving their knowledge of
+Added: the art of coffee, which in turn allows us to deliver outstanding products and service to our customers.
+Added: ● Innovation.
+Added: We are a leader in the “Fourth Wave” premium coffee movement.
+Added: We introduced our premium pour over pack coffee in 2017 and
+Added: continue to innovate, recently introducing our unique cold brew system into our retail stores.
Experienced Leadership Team
Our relentless commitment to excellence is driven
−Removed: by our passionate management team under the leadership of Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jay Kim.
−Removed: Jay launched Reborn Coffee with
−Removed: the vision to provide the best coffee using the purest ingredients.
−Removed: Jay is focused on the expansion of Reborn and he has surrounded himself
−Removed: with leaders with direct experience in beverage and retail.
−Removed: Stephan Kim, our Chief Financial Officer, has 20 years of experience in public
−Removed: accounting and consulting.
−Removed: Other members of our executive leadership team bring high growth, franchise and sector expertise.
+Added: by our passionate management team under the leadership of our Co-Chief Executive Officers Jay Kim and Jung Jae Lim.
+Added: Jay Kim launched Reborn
+Added: Coffee with the vision to provide the best coffee using the purest ingredients.
+Added: Jay is focused on the expansion of our company and he
+Added: has surrounded himself with leaders with direct experience in beverage and retail.
+Added: Jung Jae Lim has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer
+Added: since March 2026.
+Added: Lim brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in logistics and supply chain management, with a background
+Added: overseeing large-scale operations, multi-node distribution networks, and end-to-end supply chain execution across multiple sectors.
+Added: Lim will focus on strengthening our operational foundation by leading initiatives across logistics, transportation, and supply chain management,
+Added: including optimizing distribution capabilities, improving service reliability and cost efficiency, and supporting our expansion through
+Added: enterprise partnerships and scalable operating infrastructure.
+Added: Other members of our executive leadership team bring high growth, franchise
+Added: and sector expertise.
Our Commitment to Our Team
−Removed: Reborn Coffee believes in mentoring the developing
−Removed: the next generation of premium coffee baristas.
−Removed: Through our in-depth training, we aim to train dedicated employees who understand science
−Removed: and art behind every cup of coffee.
−Removed: We also expect to form a training school specializing in creating passionate baristas, coffee connoisseurs,
−Removed: and future franchisee by educating its students about coffee processes and preparation methods.
−Removed: The efforts for the training school are
−Removed: underway and we expect to launch the program in 2025.
+Added: We believe in mentoring the developing the next generation of premium
+Added: coffee baristas.
+Added: Through our in-depth training, we aim to train dedicated employees who understand science and art behind every cup of
+Added: We also expect to form a training school specializing in creating passionate baristas, coffee connoisseurs, and future franchisee
+Added: by educating its students about coffee processes and preparation methods.
+Added: The efforts for the training school are underway and we expect
+Added: to launch the program in 2026.
Our Highly Engaged Customers
−Removed: Reborn Coffee customers are loyal to our brand
−Removed: due to our intense focus on premium coffee and customer service.
−Removed: Community engagement is another essential element of Reborn Coffee’s
−Removed: in-person marketing strategy.
−Removed: Reborn hosts on-site engagements, such as event sponsorships, and engages with local Chambers of Commerce.
−Removed: Previously, we have worked with Lululemon to host yoga sessions outside of our retail locations, creatively engaging the community while
−Removed: simultaneously promoting Reborn as an active lifestyle.
−Removed: We have also hosted pop-up locations on the Facebook campus, further expanding
−Removed: our outreach and introducing our brand name to different communities.
−Removed: We further engage with the community by organizing our own latte
−Removed: art competitions, in which baristas can compete for prizes and customers in the audience can witness the competitive passion Reborn Coffee
+Added: Our customers are loyal to our brand due to our
+Added: intense focus on premium coffee and customer service.
+Added: Community engagement is another essential element of our in-person marketing strategy.
+Added: We host on-site engagements, such as event sponsorships, and engage with local Chambers of Commerce.
+Added: Previously, we have worked with Lululemon
+Added: to host yoga sessions outside of our retail locations, creatively engaging the community while simultaneously promoting “Reborn
+Added: Coffee” as an active lifestyle.
+Added: We have also hosted pop-up locations on the Facebook campus, further expanding our outreach and
+Added: introducing our brand name to different communities.
+Added: We further engage with the community by organizing our own latte art competitions,
+Added: in which baristas can compete for prizes and customers in the audience can witness the competitive passion we encompass.
Digital Channels
−Removed: Reborn Coffee focuses on many digital channels
−Removed: in its marketing strategy.
−Removed: Social media is an important leg that creates engagement and education of Reborn Coffee’s brand.
−Removed: primarily engage the brand on Instagram, where we host giveaways, share new store openings, and promote seasonal menus.
−Removed: Through our unique,
−Removed: modern aesthetic and intense focus on high-quality coffee, we are able to share the quality and essence of Reborn Coffee on display inside
−Removed: of our retail locations with existing and future customers on social media platforms.
+Added: We focus on many digital channels in our marketing
+Added: Social media is an important leg that creates engagement and education of our brand.
+Added: Customers primarily engage the brand on
+Added: Instagram, where we host giveaways, share new store openings, and promote seasonal menus.
+Added: Through our unique, modern aesthetic and intense
+Added: focus on high-quality coffee, we are able to share the quality and essence of Reborn Coffee on display inside of our retail locations
+Added: with existing and future customers on social media platforms.
For both the in-store café channel and
4 unchanged sentences
Yelp advertising
−Removed: is also used to engage local customers and tourists who visit specific areas where Reborn Coffee retail locations are located.
+Added: is also used to engage local customers and tourists who visit specific areas where our retail locations are located.
In-Person Marketing Engagement
−Removed: Engaging customers in-store with a marketing plan
−Removed: is essential for customer retention and new customer generation.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee’s customer loyalty program provides free drinks for
−Removed: every 10 drinks purchased.
−Removed: Additionally, store customers may participate in promotional deals, especially during the holidays and new
−Removed: item releases, to try new innovative items created in-house.
−Removed: We also offer coffee samples of our pour over packs as well as new beans
−Removed: to our retail location customers.
−Removed: The distribution of coffee samples has expanded customers’ knowledge of our products and led to
−Removed: increased contributions to whole bean sales.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee locations are located in heavily
−Removed: trafficked areas as well as popular malls.
+Added: Engaging customers in-store with a marketing plan is essential for
+Added: customer retention and new customer generation.
+Added: Our customer loyalty program provides free drinks for every ten drinks purchased.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: store customers may participate in promotional deals, especially during the holidays and new item releases, to try new innovative items
+Added: created in-house.
+Added: We also offer coffee samples of our pour over packs as well as new beans to our retail location customers.
+Added: The distribution
+Added: of coffee samples has expanded customers’ knowledge of our products and led to increased contributions to whole bean sales.
+Added: Our locations are located in heavily trafficked
+Added: areas as well as popular malls.
As such, the potential for marketing and branding is very high in these locations.
−Removed: and promotional deals with giveaways are essential to attracting new customers.
+Added: Signage and promotional
+Added: deals with giveaways are essential to attracting new customers.
Our Growth Strategies
Corporate and Franchise Expansion
−Removed: Reborn Coffee plans to expand across the Unites
−Removed: States with company operated locations and franchise locations to share the quality of specialty coffee.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee aims to accelerate
−Removed: our growth through our franchise program.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee will continue to innovate in the coffee industry by making the industry more personal
−Removed: to the consumers, prospective franchisees, and employees.
−Removed: This goal will be achieved through the continued innovation in our products,
−Removed: sourcing directly from farms, and giving customers choices in how their coffee is served to them.
−Removed: As Reborn expands, we hope to show the
−Removed: world that expanding in volume and size does not diminish the quality and personal element that is instilled in the coffee industry.
+Added: We plan to expand across the Unites States with
+Added: company operated locations and franchise locations to share the quality of specialty coffee.
+Added: We aim to accelerate our growth through our
+Added: franchise program.
+Added: We will continue to innovate in the coffee industry by making the industry more personal to the consumers, prospective
+Added: franchisees, and employees.
+Added: This goal will be achieved through the continued innovation in our products, sourcing directly from farms,
+Added: and giving customers choices in how their coffee is served to them.
+Added: As we expand, we hope to show the world that expanding in volume and
+Added: size does not diminish the quality and personal element that is instilled in the coffee industry.
We have started to scale our logistics and supply
2 unchanged sentences
goods supplies, including an emphasis on eco-friendly products.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee products are unique given their
−Removed: potential to engage with business partners for large wholesale orders.
−Removed: Currently, Reborn Coffee builds strong relationships with hotel
−Removed: management companies within California and out-of-state.
−Removed: We currently work with several hotels, providing pour over packs and cold brew
−Removed: packs to cater to their customer needs.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee plans to continue growing its B2B marketing and sales strategy through active outreach
−Removed: and advertising to potential partners.
−Removed: We believe that access to large-scale distribution channels such as hotels increases consumer awareness
−Removed: of our brand while providing us access to large enterprise customers.
−Removed: Gift giving comprises a large percentage of winter B2B sales at
−Removed: Reborn Coffee.
−Removed: During the holidays, Reborn Coffee’s B2B marketing strategy focuses on targeting companies, and specific teams within
−Removed: companies, that are seeking to provide end-of-the-year gifts to their clients and customers.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee provides customized gift sets
−Removed: to each customer’s needs.
−Removed: Word-of-mouth marketing has grown our B2B holiday gift giving accounts greatly, forging opportunities
−Removed: to have worked with companies like Google to provide gift sets for their clients.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee plans to expand not only by growing its
−Removed: retail location footprint, but also through the development of more hotel partnerships, expansion into grocery stores and markets, and
−Removed: expansion of our e-commerce and wholesale.
−Removed: Reborn Coffee believes the grocery market is another
−Removed: major channel through which we expect to access.
+Added: Our products are unique given their potential
+Added: to engage with business partners for large wholesale orders.
+Added: Currently, we build strong relationships with hotel management companies
+Added: within California and out-of-state.
+Added: We currently work with several hotels, providing pour over packs and cold brew packs to cater to their
+Added: customer needs.
+Added: We plan to continue growing our B2B marketing and sales strategy through active outreach and advertising to potential
+Added: We believe that access to large-scale distribution channels such as hotels increases consumer awareness of our brand while providing
+Added: us access to large enterprise customers.
+Added: Gift giving comprises a large percentage of winter B2B sales at Reborn Coffee.
+Added: During the holidays,
+Added: our B2B marketing strategy focuses on targeting companies, and specific teams within companies, that are seeking to provide end-of-the-year
+Added: gifts to their clients and customers.
+Added: We provide customized gift sets to each customer’s needs.
+Added: Word-of-mouth marketing has grown
+Added: our B2B holiday gift giving accounts greatly, forging opportunities to have worked with companies like Google to provide gift sets for
+Added: their clients.
+Added: We plan to expand not only by growing our retail location footprint, but also through the development of more hotel partnerships,
+Added: expansion into grocery stores and markets, and expansion of our e-commerce and wholesale.
+Added: We believe the grocery market is another major
+Added: channel through which we expect to access.
Through both bulk sales of roasted beans and in-store kiosks, as well sales of pre-packaged
−Removed: products, Reborn Coffee will access customers who purchase both in volume and for those customers looking for a handcrafted beverage during
−Removed: their in-store shopping experience.
+Added: products, we will access customers who purchase both in volume and for those customers looking for a handcrafted beverage during their
+Added: in-store shopping experience.
Corporate Information
3 unchanged sentences
Our website address is http://www.reborncoffee.com.
−Removed: contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and
−Removed: you should not consider information on our website to be part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this Report, and you should not consider
+Added: information on our website to be part of this Report.
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.