Foxy Lady bikini barista chain gets reality show on Amazon Prime

Now there’s no need to visit Washington to see what goes on in one of the state’s preeminent chains of bikini barista coffee stands.

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Earlier this month, Amazon Prime Video released the first season of “Foxy Ladies,” a reality series following the owners and employees of the Foxy Lady coffee company.

“We have some connections in LA,” Foxy Ladies co-owner Paul Coates told KTTH Radio’s Jason Rantz. “They reached out to us at a point and wanted to explore the idea of our industry up in the Western Washington area.”

Paul and his wife Yulia Coates created a “sizzle reel” to pitch the project to producers and eventually got picked up.

“After a three-and-a-half month production, a few months later ‘Foxy Ladies’ was being edited,” Paul said. “Now we’re on Amazon Prime, it’s just blowing my mind.”

There are 10 Foxy Lady locations in the state from as far north as Burlington to as far south as Centralia. Most of the drama in the “unscripted reality” show stems from interpersonal conflict among co-workers at the various branches.

“Some of the baristas don’t like each other,” Paul said. “Some of them don’t even know each other and they don’t like each other. I don’t understand that one, because they might have heard something from a customer or somebody else. It’s really fun to get everyone together and see how the dynamics work with everybody.”

Modern reality television has been around for decades now, and most viewers recognize “reality” might be a misnomer. How real is Foxy Ladies?

“Let’s just say they create situations,” Paul said. “The reactions are real and we create the set.”

The Coates say, with the exception of a few trolls, they’ve been getting positive feedback.

“Actually people around the world are watching our show,” Paul said. “I’ve been getting feedback from Italy, India, people are watching it in Canada, and, of course, the US.”

Statement from Amazon: This show came to the service through the Prime Video Direct self-publishing program which enables filmmakers to add content directly to Prime.

 

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