Business Opportunities and Ideas

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Hi,

This is my first post to this forum so please be gentle.

I have an idea for a Coffee Lounge/Bar that I am bouncing around at the moment and would like to know others' opinions on the idea and if anyone is aware of a similar establishment. I came up with the idea after pouring a coffee liquer into my hot cup of coffee and was pleasantly surprised at the resulting flavour. Since then I have been looking around and it would appear there are a many recipes for mixing different alcoholic beverages with coffee, tea and hot chocolate (e.g. Mixing brandy or rum with coffee, or creme de menthe with hot chocolate).

The idea is this:

In a similar vein to Costa Coffee, people can visit the coffee lounge of an evening and enjoy a hot cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. The difference being that these hot beverages contain alcohol. An alternative to bars and pubs, it would be a relaxing place to unwind in the evenings in a cafe like setting, with a hot alcoholic drink, (potentially) live music and a slice of cake.

So what do people think? Could something like this work? Or does something like this exist already?

Thanks.

George