Cruising Cafe
Mobile coffee van operating on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Owner, operator with 20+ years experience
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Thanks again to Paul and the team from Nationwide Property Brokers for inviting me to serve coffees at the auction at 18 Honeysuckle Rd Bonny Hills on Saturday.
Cruising Cafe is proud to be associated with Nationwide Property Brokers and will be serving great coffee at Saturday's auction at 18 Honeysuckle Rd Bonny Hills from 10am. The first 50 coffees are courtesy of NPB.
One of the most common questions I get asked, is 'is this a good business, I would love to do this'
Then they ask me to tell them more about what I do.
I think people see me doing what I do, with more than 20 years of experience, and I make it look easy. I make it look fun.
It IS fun, but it isn’t easy.
Another question is, ‘Can you make a lot of money with one of these vans?’
These questions are an indication that a person is thinking about starting their own coffee van business.
The answer to the second question is ‘yes, you can make a lot of money.’
At Cruising Cafe, when we coach a client who is starting a business, we work toward greater productivity.
For example, if you're serving 40 cups a day, we want to get you up to 100 as soon as possible - and then the 150, 250 plus a day.
Getting there is a strategic process, and it doesn't come overnight – but it does come.
Knowing the quickest path from struggling to success comes with decades of experience, and that’s what we have at Cruising Café consultants.
If you think you want to get started in the coffee business, we’d love to speak to you TODAY.
Don’t wait to build your dream!
Cruising Café is on Facebook. You can find us at this exact Facebook handle.
If you love coffee, come and hang with us.
We can also be found on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Please come for a visit, stay for the coffee.
Our new website is coming, so until then DM us with any questions.
We can't wait to connect.
If you have a coffee problem and you want it solved, reach out today, we’ve got the solution.
We recently launched our new coffee van at the Love Local Food Event in Port Macquarie.
It was so fabulous to have the coffee van back on the road and to be heading off to an event, which was a celebration of local food and drinks.
I'm so enthusiastic about getting back on the road and into that van and going to events and bringing really great coffee to the masses.
Nothing makes me happier than good coffee and good company!
Cruising Café had so much fun fueling the fans and racers at the Beechwood IT Go Cart Rally Festival!
This crowd was really great!
We served both hot and cold drinks and kept hearing ‘this is a really amazing cup of coffee.’
That never gets old!
It was so much fun to be back on the road and out with crowds of incredible, coffee-loving people!
If you’ve got a special event, a party, a farmer’s market or any other shindig where you want to serve the best java to adoring coffee fans, contact us! We’d love to come and hang out and make a really great cup of coffee for you!
When you love coffee and are in the mobile coffee business, there’s nothing more exciting than launching a new coffee van.
Here’s the latest addition to the Cruising Café fleet.
Isn’t she the cutest thing you've ever seen?
Cruising Cafe is available for private events and markets, and if you're looking for fantastic private-label, boutique coffee on the road, make us your go-to company.
DM us here or give us a shout at 0412770368, we’d love to hear from you!
Outfitting a new coffee van can be a challenge.
Where do you spend the money, where do you not?
What equipment works best, and which does not?
There are so many details, and it takes experience to know the answers.
We know what works and what doesn’t.
Instead of sweating all the decisions alone, wouldn’t it be better to have a coach on your side?
That’s what Cruising Café is for you, an experienced friend and trainer in your corner.
If you are struggling with your coffee van and you're not sure whether you've done the right thing, contact Sally either DM us or call 0412770368.
Happy New Year from all of us at Cruising Cafe to all of you!
We hope that you're 2023 is filled with health, happiness, prosperity and most of all, really good cups of coffee!
We're looking forward to the Port Macquarie Eats Food Festival.
It’s shaping up to be a wonderful day filled with all things local, local cafes, local food distributors, local coffee carts, and local food trucks.
It's going to be a fabulous taste of the region.
Cruising Café will be there too!
Come see us and the new coffee caravan and have a cuppa!
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OPEN SATURDAY 24 DECEMBER JOHN'S RIVER REST STOP
You will find us at the rest stop at John's River Road, John's River.
You can come right off the highway heading north or south, have a rest with shade, clean toilets and best of all...COFFEE
Sally will be there between 8am and 1pm.
Make sure you tell your friend and family and support a local business
From all the team at Cruising Café, I just wish everyone the most family-orientated, happy Christmas.
Hope you have time to slow down take stock and enjoy the simple things – like a perfect cup of coffee surrounded by the people you love.
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2023!
At Cruising Café, we do things differently.
Based on decades of experience not only as a cafe and coffee caravan owner but also as a consultant, I tend to approach a challenge with a unique perspective.
As a consultant, I bring decades of on-the-ground trial and error experience.
I know what works and what doesn’t, and I also know how to illustrate and communicate in ways that my clients understand.
Now, I’m teaching knowledge, which was previously reserved for corporations and those with big budgets, and I’ve decided to create an online coffee school of sorts.
This is premier consulting for the little guy, the mom-and-pop startups.
I have seen so many people with a passion for the coffee business lose their zeal after a few months of hard knocks.
When I see that I’m just shattered, and since I’ve got the skillset, I want to help.
I can teach you to grow a successful business from the ground up.
From the van to the equipment and how to use it, to marketing to new customers to managing your time, all of it, I’ve got that knowledge and at Cruising Café, I am sharing it all with those who want to learn in 2023.
DM me if coffee is your dream, I can teach you to make it a reality.
Hi! I’m Sally Milliss, the owner of Cruising Café.
People say I’m a vibrant, happy, go-getter, who loves to live life to the fullest.
I live on the beautiful Mid North Coast of NSW in the stunning hinterland just 12 minutes from the beach.
I just love the ocean and feeding my soul with the things that I do.
My love of coffee has taken me on this incredible journey, to where I am today.
It began more than 20 years ago when I was a real estate agent.
I knew I needed a change, and I loved people, and I loved coffee, so why not make that a business?
Today one of my absolute favourite things to do is produce a really great coffee cup.
I'm interested in the whole process of coffee, right from the green bean and how it is grown to the roasting, to having the right equipment and understanding weight, time and temperature. There’s a lot of nuances to the perfect cup of coffee.
It’s an art and I’m an artist who has had a lifetime love affair with coffee.
I’m so excited that Cruising Café is being rebranded for 2023.
I will always love being behind the machine and meeting people, talking with them is so much fun!
In 2023, I am launching a new arm of Cruising Café, a kind of online coffee school for those who want to start their own coffee business.
I want entrepreneurs and fellow coffee lovers to know that they are not alone.
I’ve got more than 20 years of knowledge and I LOVE sharing it with those who want to learn.
Now, these bold people, whose dream is to start a coffee van or business, have someone by their side.
There Cruising Café Consulting comes in. My goal is to teach every single one to succeed!
If you ever dreamed or even had a little tickle about starting your own coffee business, please feel free to give me a dm or a shout. I’d love to talk with you!
If you love coffee, you never know where your passion will lead you.
Cruising Café was born in 2000, back when I was working as a real estate agent.
I was looking for a change and I’d always loved coffee, so I decided to start a mobile coffee service.
At that time food trucks, and coffee trucks were few and far between, so starting a coffee van was a bit of a radical idea.
Of course, at that time no idea what I was doing, so I had the van outfitted to make and serve coffee and hit the road.
I just started going to businesses and asking if they wanted me to bring coffee and then food.
Cruising Café morphed from there into a coffee and food truck.
People would come and get coffee and they’d say to me, ‘That’s a really good cup of coffee.’
They were surprised that a coffee van could have high-quality, gourmet coffee.
From there I begin to create a route, and go around to all the building sites, and I did that for about 10 years.
In the beginning, I’d wanted to spend a couple of years building the business and then sell it.
As it turns out, I loved it so much, I kept doing it. I’d found my passion.
Now my passion is teaching others who have a passion for coffee and want to start their own coffee business how to do it.
If you’ve ever thought about starting your own coffee business, DM me, I’d love to talk with you.
Thankyou to everyone at Wauchope Chamber for organising such a fabulous community event LoveLocal in Bain park last weekend. Great job.
Great day, great people, great fun at the Beechwood billycart classic.
The Cruising Cafe is back in business on the Mid North Coast with a super cute coffee trailer available for events, markets, sporting meets and any other event where great coffee and a fabulous barista is required!