In San Francisco, where start-up dogs gather, there is a cafe that offers cat cures.

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For many cat lovers, such a cat cafe may be cute: Japanese minimalist bright furnishings, free-walking cats, plenty of tea and coffee. Customers can enjoy a lazy and comfortable afternoon tea surrounded by cats.

KitTea Cafe

KitTea, a Japanese cat cafe in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, opened in June and is the only cat-themed cafe in the city. Because business is so hot, people usually need to make an appointment in advance through the website to avoid queuing up to the cafe for an hour with cats.

In addition, KitTea offers yoga classes and movie nights. The 70-minute yoga class every Thursday includes equipment use, a pot of tea and head and shoulder massages. similarly, these activities are accompanied by a cat at a cost of $33. Every Friday movie night costs $38, including 2 hours of play with cats and drinks and refreshments.

Inside the cafe

Cats haunt

Meow

Yoga accompanied by cats

Such a healing cafe has attracted a lot of attention since its opening. Its founder, Courtney Hatt, is from a technology startup in San Francisco. After suffering from a bad career, she began to turn to something more comforting.

Founder Courtney Hatt

"the pressure of my career really frustrated me. It was my cat that saved me. These cute little guys freed me from the pressure of the technology industry. " Hatt said.

Talking about the original intention of setting up such a cat cafe, Hatt said: "I am very interested in and know a lot about cat cafes in Japan, but there is no such shop in the United States. I think it is time to open one."

With the help of the public welfare organization Petco Foundation, KitTea also carries out cat adoption services, posting photos of cats waiting for adoption on the website and on the Facebook home page.

KitTea's adoption note on Facebook

Adopted cats on the website

KitTea's tea sets and cutlery also use custom-made ceramics with cat patterns. Another co-founder, Lisa Tsubouchi, went to Kyoto, Japan to pick tea. The store also provides a variety of peripheral goods for cat-loving customers.

Peripheral products

In San Francisco, where programmers haunt, such a healing cafe has become a relaxing place for people to relax. As Hatt said, "We are trying to build a paradise where humans and animals interact." The success of the market is also good for animal protection. "