Cogito Coffee

Reinventing the idea of the terrace café as a medieval-alleyway bar, the main Dubrovnik outlet of the Zagreb-based boutique coffee roasters peeps out invitingly from beneath one of the broad archways that span the cobbles in this quarter of the town. With a counter inside and a couple of wooden benches outside, it’s the ideal place for informal mingling or picking up a takeaway. As you might expect from a coffee specialist they spread their net rather wider than the average Croatian kafić, with trained baristas serving up smooth espressos as well as grappling with the demands of filter, Chemex and cold-brew coffees. Delectable tubs of artisan ice cream from Samobor’s Medenko fill the counter-side freezer cabinet. Another branch of Cogito is located just outside the Ploče Gate at Hvarska 2.