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Baristas Gone Wild : Sexy Espresso Steaming up the US

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In Salem Oregon, Baristas at the Coffee Nation coffee shop have bikini days, where six all female employees wear bikini tops to drive in more business and tips.   "I love it," said Carmel Rotan, 22, who wore a pink and brown bikini top with brown shorts as she served coffee, smoothies and other drinks. "It makes for a fun atmosphere. The customers really like it."  She says she can get $80 a day in tips, triple what she used to make.

In Tukwila Washington, Candace law delivers hot caramel and whipped cream drinks in a baby-doll negligee and coordinated pink panties. She blows kisses, and vamps and flirts out the drive up window, as she steams milk for a mocha.  Tukwila's Cowgirls Espresso has been has been getting hotter as they feature baristas in lacy revealing outfits.

To stand out from the growing masses of corporate coffee stores, some stores across the nation have turned to selling their customers more than just coffee to help perk them up.  From Port Orchard's Natté Latté, where baristas sport hot-pink hot pants and tight white tank tops, to Moka Girls Espresso, where there are Fetish dress-up days of the week, Hooters style coffee houses are popping up across the country.  Java Girls, a growing coffee house, has over 14 locations throughout the country. Their business is expanding, and according to their owner, Steven McDaniel, they will be going to a full blown  franchise soon.  Their website states, "Our Sexy Java Girls desire to entertain you and their fun outgoing personalities, complete a very unique concept in the Drive thru Espresso Business that is unparalleled by any other!" 

 

The business of selling Sexpresso is  getting hotter.  It appeals to many who would never set foot in a Starbucks or big coffee chain.  "If I'm going to pay $4 for a cup of coffee" said one male customer, "I'm not going to get served by a guy."

According to McDaniel,  Java Girls baristas have been know to reach triple digit tips in a day.  Sales at Coffee Nation have doubled to about $1,000 a day.  "It's really worked," said Marshall, 28. "Our profits are going up every day."  While  many of the coffee stands pay minimum wage, Law said she makes more in tips than she ever did as a waitress at Hooters. One recent morning, she served 400 customers between about 6 a.m. and noon.  

http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_051407ORNbikinibaristasLJ.6ae292b9.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003535398_coffeegirls22e.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/549685/java_girls_new_possibly_controversial.html?page=2&cat=22

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