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Thank you @business & @dinakatgara for spending the time to get to know us and covering our store evolution. We’re evolving our store design & experience for two main reasons: 1/ Our stores are a lot busier than they were two years ago. We’ve had to triple the size of our bar to handle the increased volume without sacrificing quality, precision, or speed of the experience. 2/ By 2 or 3pm, the energy in our stores completely shifts as customers come in for our signature matchas. People are not rushing, they’re settling in, meeting friends, staying.. Our store design needs to honor that shift, to create spaces that actually invite you to linger, that feel warm and social, not just efficient in the morning rush.

@nntaleb Pro cyclists with astronomical v02 max are not healthy. It is known they are basically held together with duct tape. The health benchmark that they should be praised for is not V02 but metabolic efficiency.

I would encourage anyone who thinks V02 max is an accurate longevity predictor to try optimizing this biomarker for 3-4 months and do nothing else. You may feel good for a short while but will eventually ruin your health, tank wbc, get exposed to cold/flu more frequently, daily step count will decline, rely more on carbs for fuel, brain fog etc. v02 propaganda is dangerous

His commentators are still not getting the nonlinearity: if low VO2 max is lethal, above average VO2 max starts decoupling from increased longevity. Same with the measure called "IQ".

Coffee shop Blank Street has inked a partnership with London Fashion Week. It follows a series of café partnerships throughout the season, as food and drink continue as a Gen Z status symbol. vogue.com/article/at-lfw…

“Press for Picnic” latest activation from Blank Street both in NYC and London

Blueberry Matcha Express

Victoria Street, Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Same street that inspired Diagon Alley.

@pitdesi Overlooks the perceived value of natural diamonds—like choosing Champagne over Prosecco as a gift. Higher prices signal more love/care. Price widening makes sense and will continue, as we get more emotional satisfaction from bargains or luxury, not the middle.

Sales of jewelry with lab-grown diamonds went up 12.5% this year; prices fell 75%! TheKnot says >50% of engagement rings are lab-grown, up from 19% in 2019. DeBeers says the widening price gap is good, “accelerating consumer awareness that they are fundamentally very different products.” Quite funny since they have same chemical, optical and physical properties as natural diamonds… they are fundamentally NOT different products! A lab-grown 1.5-carat diamond is about 80% cheaper than an equivalent quality natural diamond, and jeweler margins are high, >80% on them vs 30-40% on natural diamonds. I wonder when we’ll stop digging for diamonds… feels like that day can’t be too far in the future.

@n7brittany @vinaymenda We absolutely love to see it! Looks like such a wonderful day. Our colleague Justin will be in touch with a little surprise😉

@1_55_AM @vinaymenda here’s some more pics! We plan on doing it again in a few months!

4 years ago, we started @blankstreet with a coffee cart in Williamsburg. Today, we have 85+ stores. Proud of our incredible team and excited for what’s next! 🚀

@blankstreet summer ‘24.

@Siimrann__ DM’d!

@1_55_AM at least say no🥲

Prospecting hard for a Blank Street Regulars membership 😌 @1_55_AM hope you appreciate the dedication on all touch points 🤌🏽

@maryamfitzz @blankstreet 🫡

@blankstreet sort this out

I need someone to bring blank street to Birmingham.

Chelsea

@MovingToTheSun @hubertdavisfor3 @blankstreet Thank you🙌🙌

@1_55_AM @hubertdavisfor3 @blankstreet Cool, I helped beta test this 👍🏻

loving coffee is NOT a personality trait except for me I’m allowed it’s 99% of my personality

@roughdraftvc @blankstreet @mercury Thank you for having me. It was fun!

We had quite a looovely kickoff to RDV University this summer with Issam Freiha, founder of @blankstreet ☕️ BIG love to @mercury for hosting and helping make RDVU possible <3 We've got some more fun stuff planned so deets in 🧵 for upcoming events bc the more the merrier :)

@GoodGuyGuaranty @Post_Market DM me details, we fit in tiny spaces ☕️

@Post_Market @1_55_AM Blank street is a good one

Working on a building with a very small retail space (like 250 sf at grade and a functional cellar). On a solid pedestrian corridor. Other businesses on the block: a couple of bars, a coffee shop, salon, insurance agency, etc. Not sure what the obvious use is.