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A new coffee shop that charges by the minute, rather than the dish, is to open in the Albert Dock.

Ziferblat is a new kind of pay-per-minute social space used as an alternative to a cafe or a meeting and event venue.

Everything is free inside except for the time you spend – bit costs 6p per person per minute.

In this shared space guests are free to relax, work, study, hold a meeting or workshop, read a book, play piano,m eet new people and attend one of the many activities or events.

Guests are encouraged to kick their shoes off and treat it is like home, where they are welcome to help themselves to the unlimited Ziferkitchen including tea varieties, freshly ground coffee, brownies, cakes, biscuits, cookies, cereal, toast, scones, snacks, fruits and Wi-Fi.

The new premises is at Unit 7 in The Colonnades in the Albert Dock.

Originally from Russia, the concept was developed back in 2011 by a group of poets in Moscow, lead by founder Ivan Meetin.

Their “treehouse for adults” developed into the original pay-per-minute concept that now exists in branches around Europe. Their most recent branch opened in Manchester in January. http://www.ziferblat.co.uk