Mein Schiff 5, the latest unit of TUI Cruises in Hamburg, will feature a coffee ship reading room thanks to cooperation between the premium market cruise line and Nespresso, the coffee brand.

Thalia Leselounge & Nespresso Bar will be located near the reception area on deck 3. It will serve a wide variety of coffees and passengers can also buy coffee makers that will be delivered to their home after the cruise.

The lounge, which derives its name from the Thalia chain of book stores that has around 300 otlets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and it will feature books of a wide range of genres, TUI Cruises said in a statement.

It will also feature eReaders that passengers can borrow to read books in digital format, the company said.