Sexpresso, really?

This is what selling coffee looks like in Washington state?!?

What won't they do to sell something to the American public? We came across this item in the Nation's Restaurant News earlier in the week. "Baristas Coffee Company Inc., a small chain of drive-thru espresso stands featuring female employees in skimpy costumes, opened its new flagship store in Kent, WA...BCCI has a total of six company-owned locations in Washington state."

Apparently, they are part of an existing Sexpresso industry in the Pacific Northwest. There is also Cowgirls Espresso of Arlington, WA which offers bikini and theme-costume-wearing female employees at twelve stands operated by Cowgirls Franchising LLCA and another ten by franchisees. There are also three Chicka Latte Beautiful Coffee of Seattle, which partners with a clothing company to sell the lingerie and provocative costumes worn by its staff.

Some of the Sexpresso industry has gotten in trouble. In September 2009, local law enforcement officials in Everett, WA arrested five female baristas from Grab-N-Go Espresso and charged them with prostitution and violations of the city’s adult entertainment ordinance.

This is not to mention the dangerous combination of skimpy clothing and burning hot beverages.