Don't ask for your favorite coffee, wear it

By Kelly Haramis
Chicago Tribune
Posted January 2 2006

Instead of ordering that complicated coffee concoction, just point to your shirt. That's right, the next time you visit your favorite java hut, you may want to try wearing your order. No, we don't mean spilling your "one pump hazelnut triple shot espresso" on your shirt.

Instead, Lattees has simplified your life by putting coffee phrases on shirts such as the ones above and our favorite: "iced half-caf nonfat white chocolate mocha."

The concept started after a group of Highland Park, Ill., mothers -- Liz Nelis, Gail Rubin, Laura Tucker and Lisa Xilas -- joked about their fussy coffee orders and, before their coffee buzz wore off, Lattees was born.

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