Iikomityi zephephazithandwa kakhulu kwiikhonteyina zekofu. Ikomityi yephepha yikomityi elahlwayo eyenziwe ngephepha kwaye idla ngokugqunywa okanye igqunywe ngeplastiki okanye ngewax ukuthintela ulwelo ukuba lungaphumi okanye lungene ephepheni. Isenokwenziwa ngephepha eliphinda lisetyenziswe kwaye isetyenziswa kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela.
Iikomityi zephepha zibhalwe phantsi eTshayina yobukhosi, apho iphepha laqanjwa khona ngenkulungwane yesi-2 BC, Zazakhiwe ngobukhulu obahlukeneyo nemibala, kwaye zazihonjiswe ngemizobo yokuhombisa. Kwimihla yokuqala yenkulungwane yama-20, amanzi okusela aye athandwa kakhulu ngenxa yokuvela kwentshukumo yokuzibamba e-US. Ekhuthazwa njengendlela enempilo yokukhetha utywala okanye utywala, amanzi ayefumaneka kwiimpompo zesikolo, emithonjeni nakwiibhari zamanzi koololiwe nakwiinqwelo. Iikomityi okanye iidipha ezenziwe ngesinyithi, ngomthi, okanye ngeseramikhi zazisetyenziselwa ukusela amanzi. Ukuphendula kwiinkxalabo ezikhulayo malunga neekomityi zoluntu ezibeka ingozi kwimpilo yoluntu, igqwetha laseBoston eligama linguLawrence Luellen lenza indebe elahlwayo eneziqwenga ezibini ephepheni ngo-1907. Ngo-1917, iglasi yoluntu yayisele inyamalele kwiinqwelo zikaloliwe, yathatyathelw’ indawo ziikomityi zephepha nakwiindawo apho iiglasi zikawonke-wonke zazingekavalwa.
Kwiminyaka yoo-1980, iindlela zokutya zadlala indima enkulu kuyilo lweekomityi ezilahlwayo. Iikofu ezikhethekileyo ezifana neecappuccinos, iilattes, kunye neecafe mochas zanda ngokuthandwa kwihlabathi liphela. Kumazwe asakhasayo, amanqanaba omvuzo akhulayo, indlela yokuphila exakekileyo kunye neeyure zokusebenza ezinde zenze ukuba abathengi batshintshele kwizixhobo ezingalahlwayo baye kwiikomityi zephepha ukuze bonge ixesha. Yiya nakweyiphi na iofisi, indawo yokutyela yokutya okukhawulezayo, umsitho omkhulu wezemidlalo okanye umnyhadala womculo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uza kubona kusetyenziswa iikomityi zephepha.