Cru+ Coffee Roastery

you're on tooronga road in hawthorn east, which isn't the part of melbourne that gets the tourist write-ups, and that's probably fine with everyone here. cru+ sits at number 399, the kind of address you only find if you're already heading somewhere nearby or you've heard about it from someone who cares about this stuff. hawthorn east runs quieter than richmond or fitzroy, fewer people performatively hunting for the next thing, and the crowd that ends up here tends to know what they want. the roastery side matters, not just the café part. you're not just buying coffee that passed through someone else's supply chain. if you're in the area on a weekday morning, the filter is worth your time.