Iikomityi zephephazithandwa kwizikhongozeli zekofu. Ikomityi yephepha yikomityi elahlayo eyenziwe ngephepha kwaye ihlala igqunywe okanye igqunywe ngeplastiki okanye iwax ukuthintela ulwelo ukuba lungavuzi okanye lungene ephepheni. Isenokwenziwa ngephepha elihlaziyiweyo kwaye isetyenziswa kakhulu kwihlabathi jikelele.
Iikomityi zephepha ziye zabhalwa kwi-China yobukhosi, apho iphepha laqanjwa nge-2 leminyaka BC, Zaye zakhiwa ngobukhulu obuhlukeneyo kunye nemibala, kwaye zihonjiswe ngoyilo lokuhombisa. Ngexesha leentsuku zokuqala zenkulungwane yama-20, amanzi okusela aye athandwa kakhulu ngenxa yokuvela kwentshukumo yokuzola e-US. Ekhuthazwa njengendawo enempilo echasene nebhiya okanye utywala, amanzi ayefumaneka kwimibhobho yesikolo, imithombo yamanzi kunye nemigqomo yamanzi koololiwe nakwiinqwelo. Iikomityi zasekuhlaleni okanye iidiphu ezenziwe ngentsimbi, umthi, okanye iseramic zazisetyenziselwa ukusela amanzi. Ukusabela kwiinkxalabo ezikhulayo malunga neekomityi zoluntu ezibeka ingozi kwimpilo yoluntu, igqwetha laseBoston eligama linguLawrence Luellen lenza ikomityi eneziqwenga ezibini ezilahlwayo ephepheni ngo-1907. kwimimandla apho iindondo zikawonke-wonke zazingekathintelwa.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1980, iindlela zokutya zidlale indima enkulu kuyilo lweekomityi ezilahlwayo. Iikofu ezikhethekileyo ezifana ne-cappuccinos, lattes, kunye ne-cafe mochas zikhule ngokuthandwa kwihlabathi jikelele. Kumazwe asakhulayo, ukunyuka kwamanqanaba engeniso, indlela yokuphila exakekileyo kunye neeyure zokusebenza ezinde ziye zabangela ukuba abathengi batshintshe kwizinto ezingalahlwayo baye kwiikomityi zephepha ukuze bonge ngexesha. Yiya kuyo nayiphi na iofisi, indawo yokutyela yokutya okukhawulezayo, umsitho omkhulu wezemidlalo okanye umnyhadala womculo, kwaye kuya kufuneka ubone iikomityi zephepha zisetyenziswa.
