Augusto Specialty Coffee

Augusto roasts its own coffee in Rovinj and serves it in a little café on one of the old town's cobbled streets. The roastery, more than the room, is the reason to stop.

A roastery with a counter

Coffee here is hand-roasted at Augusto's own Rovinj roastery, and the business runs well past the café: barista training and education, and equipment support for other businesses. That makes espresso the natural core order, because it is the drink the entire operation is organised around.

The wider list covers matcha, juices and ice teas for anyone not drinking coffee, so a mixed table is straightforward. The café presents itself as Augusto Specialty Coffee Shop as well, which is the same small counter under a longer name.

Workshops in espresso and latte art

The teaching side is public rather than internal. Workshops run through coffee basics, espresso and latte art, aimed both at beginners and at baristas already working behind a bar, which is unusual for a shop of this size.

Presenting coffee as a skill set rather than only a product is the clearest thing about Augusto's identity, and it explains why the counter is treated seriously by people who work in coffee elsewhere in Croatia.

A small room on a cobbled street

The café itself is a little room in an alley off one of Rovinj's cobbled streets, and it suits a short, coffee-focused pause in the old town rather than a full meal. Service is friendly and the format is counter-led, with crafted coffee as the point of it.

Order house-roasted coffee and an espresso-based drink to see what the roastery is doing. Matcha and ice tea are the alternatives worth naming. Augusto was recognised in the European Coffee Trip awards in 2025, which is a fair marker for a counter this small.