Your Coffee Cups is a coffee shop based in the Warm Springs

Warm Springs

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 district of Fremont, California

Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

. Opened in the summer of 2010, the coffee houses have baristas wear bikinis. Your Coffee Cups serves coffee, smoothies, and pastries, the former being available in "B cup" (12 oz), "C cup" (16 oz), and "D cup" (20 oz) sizes.

The Founder

After seeing his friend open up a similar shop and seeing for himself the success of the new "fad" when he traveled to Seattle, Castro Valley resident Martinez founded the shop. The shop is reportedly only just breaking even; he believes that each of them may eventually earn a net profit of US$10,000 to 15,000 monthly. He says that he got the idea from a few examples he had seen in the northwest of the United States. He was a general contractor, but having been without work for almost a year, he decided to open up this business.

Criticism

Many people have criticized the coffee house for using sex appeal to attract customers, but others believe that it is acceptable for the employees to make money this way if they want to. The baristas make $US 11 an hour and during a four hour shift can earn more than $100 in tips.

In the media

The coffee house has received media coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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 for its sexual theme and because the baristas wear bikinis. It is the second of these type of restaurants to open in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

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