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Caffeine Dream

Loose Lips don’t just sink ships anymore, they also make a mighty fine coffee. Mount Beauty, Victoria’s Loose Lips Caffeine Dealer (LLCD) was designed by Albury-based SM.A to give back to a community that has endured the dual catastrophes of bushfire and pandemic.

“We provide a platform for local produce,” explains Design Director Simon Maguire. Passing traffic by local businesses’ cellar doors may have dwindled, but LLCD is serving up their wine, cheese, charcuterie and pastries to customers, including coffee roasted locally in Mount Beauty.

It follows that a business established to do good by its community would prioritise