Cruise Coffee Café Mixer and Two-Year Anniversary Celebration
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ruise Coffee Café is turning 2 Years Old! Come and join Cruise Coffee Café and the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce for this special 2nd Anniversary Mixer! “This party is a chance for us to thank our wonderful community for making Cruise Coffee Café a successful and buzzing local hub” say owners Brand-di and Erin. “The grace and generosity of the Scotts Valley community is unrivaled! In the past 2 years we have been blessed with growth, countless new friends and even the award for SV Chamber Business of the year! None of that would be possible without our Scotts Valley family and we want to thank you!” It is going to be a fun evening with music, food, drinks, games, prizes, party favors, and art! They will also be serving up BBQ, Erin’s Lunchbox Cocktails and Brand-di’s Boozy Cocktail Cupcakes! This is event is free of charge and open to the community! See you then! ••• Erin and Brand-di met in 2018 when Brand-di, a board member for the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce, was organizing the food for Scotts Valley Art, Wine & Beer Festival. She was searching for a local coffee vendor and discovered Erin’s drive-thru on Mount Hermon Road. Erin launched Cruise Coffee in 2018 after spending over 20 years as a nanny. Inspired by her long commute back and forth on 17, she came up with the name
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Cruise Coffee and her Signature blend EFD — “Every F**’n Day.” — It was such a success that she knew she wanted to take it further unfortunately, we were in the middle of a pandemic. In 2020 when Erin was presented with a chance to open a cafe at the Metro Station, she knew who to call.
Brand-di spent over 17 years as a behavioral therapist before committing to her side-hustle, The Hot Pink Box, full-time. Her baking skills came from her love for cookbooks, her grandmother who would bake with her when she’d get home from school, and her mother who would take her to cake decorating classes. In 2007 when numerous
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friends began to ask her to bake cakes and various desserts for their weddings, The Hot Pink Box Dessert Catering Co. was born. Erin handles the coffee and customer service side of things and Brand-di handles the sweets. Together, they make up Cruise Coffee Café.
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