Stop by Cruise in Freshwater (Sydney) for one of the best caffeine hits in the Northern Beaches. Really. They also win hands down for any hot drink with chocolate in it. They use molten chocolate, none of this sugar-filled powder stuff, the coffee-chocolate combo isn't too sweet.
Drawn into the small space by it's beautifully white scripted 'Cruise Espresso' sign out front, you're confronted with a lot of wood, Edison-style lightbulbs, and some terrariums. A huge "Do More of What Makes You Happy" slogan decorates one wall.
A beautiful collection of creative magazines (Yen, Frankie, Peppermint...) are all laid out for you to flick your way through, or get lost in, while you sip away at whatever delicious beverage you've bought. There's free WiFi, coffee beans/merchandise and Bahen&Co chocolate for sale, and sometimes live music, pop-ups, and workshops! Their social media, photographs, and branding are on point, their Instagram is just one of many I genuinely enjoy scrolling through - and their following reflects that!
They've also now got an all day breakfast menu compiled of many tasty eggs, avocado, muesli types of dishes. And of course, like most things at Cruise, the presentation of it all is aesthetically pleasing. Tiny milk bottles, calm blue cups and saucers, wooden boards, and even their teaspoons are the vintage kind with different emblems on each. Check out their cold drink and baked goods offerings too.
Find Cruise at: 2 Moore Road, Freshwater
7 days a week, 5am-2pm (early bird catches the worm and all that...)
Instagram? @cruiseespresso
A beautiful collection of creative magazines (Yen, Frankie, Peppermint...) are all laid out for you to flick your way through, or get lost in, while you sip away at whatever delicious beverage you've bought. There's free WiFi, coffee beans/merchandise and Bahen&Co chocolate for sale, and sometimes live music, pop-ups, and workshops! Their social media, photographs, and branding are on point, their Instagram is just one of many I genuinely enjoy scrolling through - and their following reflects that!
They've also now got an all day breakfast menu compiled of many tasty eggs, avocado, muesli types of dishes. And of course, like most things at Cruise, the presentation of it all is aesthetically pleasing. Tiny milk bottles, calm blue cups and saucers, wooden boards, and even their teaspoons are the vintage kind with different emblems on each. Check out their cold drink and baked goods offerings too.
Find Cruise at: 2 Moore Road, Freshwater
7 days a week, 5am-2pm (early bird catches the worm and all that...)
Instagram? @cruiseespresso