Would you buy a $25 monthly membership for unlimited coffee?
Fair Folks & a Goat is a members-only cafe that also doubles as a retail store. It has locations in Greenwich Village and the East Village in Manhattan.
For $25 a month, customers can enjoy unlimited coffee, espresso, lattes, tea, and lemonade.
Those who purchase the $25 membership fee will receive 10% off all retail items in the store, as well as access to events and music performances hosted by Fair Folks & a Goat.
The coffee shop is known for its funky atmosphere and enthusiastic employees. There is no menu posted: instead, baristas list off the items.
Non-members can still purchase drinks for regular prices.
The membership fee has drawn in many regular customers since the store's opening in 2012.
The store is nearing 1,000 members, with an daily average addition of seven members, according to the New York Times. A portion of each membership fee goes to charity.
The owners are Anthony and Aurora Mazzei, who previously owned a bed and breakfast in New Orleans. They put their love of music and art into opening a coffee shop to create a unique experience for its customers.
This isn't the first time membership coffee has popped up.An app called CUPS allows users to pay $18 for 5 cups, $51 for 15 cups and $120 for unlimited cups of all drink options at certain CUPS locations in New York City. Users find a CUPS coffee shop on a map provided by the app, and once the membership is purchased, users can only have one free cup at each location provided.
So basically you have to keep trying different coffee shops each month — which could either be tedious on your morning commute or fun (if you like to branch out).
As for Fair Folks & a Goat, customers can only use their membership at that specific location.
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