Espresso Gone Wild - No, Seriously..

...that is the name of the place. Let's start with the first problem here - the name. GET A NEW ONE! I think this may be the most degrading of great coffee I have heard of. Ok, maybe they are great baristas and maybe they have great products but something just doesn't seem right. This is the second time I have heard about this but Espresso Gone Wild took it at least a step further. These baristas where nothing but a "pastie" for the most part which is what I really think got people talking. I guess in the coffee world there is no need to worry about a wardrobe malfunction. Java Girls was the first time I heard about this. They have a location next to the Space Needle in Seattle and now are apparently ready to take it nation wide! Here is a bit from their site: Java Girls stands alone as a provocative and unique coffee house and espresso drive thru concept. The mission of the brand is to tastefully tease with sensuality in barista uniform and exterior and interior design while passionately focusing on providing a consistently exceptional specialty coffee experience. We offer fine gourmet coffee and espresso drinks with fun & sexy girls to serve you. Featuring Sexy Costume Themes with a different suprise every day. Let our Java Girls entertain you! Java Girls is also a Green company who only buys from farmers who support sustainable agriculture, using only the highest quality hand picked Organic "Arabica" beans, and when we build our stores we use green build outs. Experience a Java Girls near you! But they call it SEXESPRESSO. Come on! I would rather see a mom and pop small town place that honestly miss spells the word of espresso as eXpresso than to have a beverage as good as this be tainted as such. Here is the deal - I don't care if you have the best espresso on the planet served by the best barista in the industry. All I think about when I see girls in bikinis working in a stand is a nasty community pool - with the stench of sunscreen and chlorine and that awful whistling. And if that is not enough, the gritty feeling of sand in your pants and a back full of sunburn. I can't even image sipping a "gourmet" cappuccino let alone a barista who is "passionately focused on providing a consistently exceptional specialty coffee experience." I hate to let "style" get in the way of what the end beverage is all about. Coffee is bigger than that but deserving of more than a blonde girl dress up like a porn star in a nursing outfit. I can tolerate a girl in a bikini serving espresso in the correct context. Downtown Seattle? Not sure about that. Miami Beach? Maybe so. I think our craft is bigger than that though. Maybe this is all much smaller of a deal than what people are making it. I'm sure it is. I can see it now - people beginning to talk about inked baristas with piercings - maybe this is the same thing only different. No shirt, no pants, no problem... Interested in starting your own Java Girls? You're in luck! You can start a franchise of your very own! Is it possible that our next WBC Champion will be ready for the beach?? Oh boy.... ...be bold Tagged: cafe evoke catering, Oklahoma City, coffee catering, java girls, espresso gone wild Our friends at Ideal Bite have free, fun eco-living tips! Delivered daily via email!