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Stow brought third-wave coffee to Slovenia in 2014. The City Museum cafe doubles as a roasting and education space with regular Coffee Academies for home.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, V60, Chemex, Whole bean retail
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Crno Zrno is a single-origin Colombian operator under Alexander Nino Ruiz, sourcing direct from small farms and roasting on Gornji trg below the castle.
Sources from: Colombia
How they serve: Cold brew, Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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Buna is Slovenia's sustainability-focused roastery, partnered with Cafe Cokl and running a small bar at Trg republike. Subscription beans and a quarterly.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Honduras, Guatemala, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Subscription
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Tine Cokl has been roasting and pouring on Krekov trg since 2012, partnered with Buna. The small home-feeling room is consistently rated among Ljubljana's.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Filter
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Cafetino on Stari trg is a fair-trade specialist with freshly ground beans on the bar and a small retail wall of single-origin bags from around the world.
Sources from: Various fair-trade origins
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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Tozd roasts and pours its own cold brew at the Cankarjeva cesta room (relocated from Gallusovo nabrezje in 2023). A TableJourney editor pick.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil
How they serve: Cold brew, Espresso