Mezz Coffee Co. Store No. 2 of 3 · run of 412 · second pull

The middle place.

Mezz is a coffeehouse for the second of three. We seat you between two louder parties, print a name within two characters of yours, and do not ask how you have been in a way that requires an answer.

Find a middle seat
you are the middle one
§ 01

What the store does

Birth-Order Queueing

Orders are sequenced against documented birth order, imported from your family group chat. Firstborns are made first because they always were. The youngest is made next because the youngest is still the youngest. Yours comes out at a sensible point after that, warm enough.

Approximate Name Capture

The cup printer renders a name within two characters of the one you gave. Internal research found that correcting a barista was the longest conversation 61% of our members had that week, so the opportunity is preserved at every store.

Table Topology

Every Mezz floor plan is certified middle-seat-only. No corner two-tops, no window banquette, no stool at the end of the bar. You are seated between a first date and a man on speakerphone, which is where you were going to sit anyway.

§ 02

Members, unprompted

They handed me a flat white with DAVE on it. I am not Dave. I drank it standing up by the bins and it was fine.
Renata Colquhoun-Piper Renata Colquhoun-Piper Second of four · Regional Compliance Auditor, Northeast Cluster
My brother has been Golden Child since the beta. It has never come up. It will never come up.
Terrence Aday Terrence Aday Middle of three · Assistant coach, unlisted on the roster
My seat was between a podcast recording and a breakup. I got a lot of work done. Nobody asked me anything for four hours.
Priya Vanterpool Priya Vanterpool Fourth of seven, functionally middle · Director of Vendor Relations
§ 03

Membership

Fine

$0

You said you didn't want anything.

  • Entry to all 412 stores
  • No stars, no birthday drink, no email
  • We will not follow up

Don't Worry About It

$14 / mo

You have already paid. You always pay.

  • Two drinks a week, neither remembered
  • Name printed at 80% accuracy, up from 60%
  • Middle seat held for you between two parties of four
not available to you

Golden Child

$340 / mo

Eligibility is verified against family photographs. You will not qualify.

  • Made first, every time, without being asked
  • Barista learns your name and then uses it
  • Included in the group photo, centre, front row

Walk the floor of Store No. 2

Pick a middle seat, meet the two parties you will be sitting between, watch the queue reorder itself around you, and see what the printer thinks your name is.

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