A former liquor store space at 3731 W. 133rd St. in Leawood is set to become the newest home for Yemeni coffee culture in Johnson County. Qamaria, a coffee company that got its start in Michigan, has filed plans to open a storefront there, inside the Market Square shopping center near 135th Street and Mission Road.
According to Johnson County Post, the space previously housed a liquor store and sits near the Price Chopper grocery store at the same shopping center. Once open, it will be Qamaria's first shop in the wider Kansas City metro area, and the first Yemeni coffee shop in Leawood specifically.
What's On the Menu
The cafe's menu centers on coffee drinks made with beans sourced from Yemen, the outlet reports. Its signature Qamaria latte combines espresso, steamed milk, cinnamon and cardamom, while the lineup also includes pistachio lattes, caramel macchiatos and mufawar, a traditional medium-roast coffee made with cardamom and cream.
Beyond coffee, the shop is expected to serve Adeni chai lattes, matcha lattes, fruity refreshers and smoothies, per the same report. More than a dozen Qamaria locations nationwide are based in communities with populations under 50,000, according to Franchise Times, a detail that tracks with the suburban Johnson County location now in the works.
Joining a Fast-Growing Local Scene
Qamaria won't be breaking entirely new ground in the area. Missouri-based Mocha Point first brought Yemeni coffee to Johnson County earlier this year, the Johnson County Post notes, and other shops have since followed, including a new Mission franchise of New York-based Moka & Co.
That Moka & Co location opened at 5922 Barkley St. in a space once occupied by PepperJax Grill, celebrating its grand opening on a Sunday after a friends-and-family preview the Friday before, the outlet's separate coverage of the Mission opening shows. It marked the first Moka & Co shop in Johnson County, and Mission's own claim to the county's first Yemeni coffee shop.
The expansion reflects a broader national trend: the number of cafes run by the six largest Yemeni coffee chains increased by 50% last year, according to the Associated Press, as cited by The Kansas City Star. That same reporting points to Mocha Point's February debut at 8641 W. 135th St. as the area's first, followed by Turath at 9916 College Blvd. and R. Qahwah at 7317 W. 95th St.
For Leawood, the arrival of Qamaria would mean residents no longer have to cross city lines for a taste of Yemeni coffee culture that has been steadily spreading across Johnson County throughout 2026.
