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Would you like a cat with your cappuccino? ‘Cat cafe’ coming to D.C.

A “cat cafe” called Crumbs & Whiskers is scheduled to open in D.C. this summer.

Yes, this is happening.

What’s a cat cafe? It’s exactly what it sounds like: a cafe where you can adopt a furry pet, courtesy of the Washington Human Society, while ordering your coffee.

Basically, everything you ever really wanted.

Founder Kanchan Singh made the announcement via Twitter Tuesday morning, but the Crumbs & Whiskers full website won’t launch until mid-December, the Kickstarter until a month later and the actual cafe until summer or even fall 2015.

“If the Kickstarter goes well, we will essentially open a bigger and better cat cafe,” Singh told DCist. “If not, we’ll still open a basic cafe. It might be lacking a super amazing atmosphere and fancy cat furniture/play areas, but Crumbs and Whiskers is opening regardless.”

D.C.’s not the first city to be home to a cat cafe either. Oakland’s Cat Town Cafe opened in October.

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