Begin in the heart of the city, stopping at a historic pastry shop where Central European traditions meet Italian coffee culture. Enjoy a classic sweet treat and discover how pastries became an essential part of the Triestine coffee ritual.

Continue to an elegant 19th-century café near the canal area, where you will explore Trieste’s bourgeois past and the café as a social salon. Taste a different style of coffee preparation while learning how cafés reflected status, habits, and daily life.

Continue near the main square overlooking the sea, at a grand historic café that has long served as a public stage for the city. Here you’ll discover how to order coffee in Trieste, how the local ritual differs from the rest of Italy, and why cafés have always been places of ideas, debate, and identity.

We’ll wrap up the tour in the historic centre, Cavana, where we’ll take you to the area’s first and last coffee roastery. At this family-run café, you’ll learn how to savour a true Trieste “nero” and discover the coffee roasting process.