Marsecchia Coffee Shop

Filter coffee is where it makes its argument

Marsecchia Coffee Shop opened at the end of 2022 as one of the first places in Rijeka pouring single-origin specialty coffee, and the filter side is still where it makes its case. The V60 is the brew to ask about: one lot on the bar was a La Loma Tarrazu natural Catuai from Costa Rica, tasting of apricot, strawberry and green apple, the kind of coffee that only makes sense hand-brewed and served without milk. The espresso side covers everything else, from cappuccino and flat white to a cortado for anyone wanting the shortest milk drink on the board. For a city that had little of this in 2022, the arrival of origin-forward tasting language was the change.

Small, calm and deliberately laptop-free

The room is tiny and design-led, with hand-made, almost clay-like tableware that gives the counter a tactile identity to match the coffee. There is seating inside and a terrace outside, and the pace is slow: quiet, unhurried, built for a conversation or a single focused cup. The shop is explicitly laptop-free, which is the clearest statement it makes about what it wants to be. Nobody settles in for a working morning, and that keeps the tables turning for people who came to drink coffee rather than to use the Wi-Fi. Service is friendly and quick without pushing anyone toward the door. It is the kind of room where the tableware, the terrace and the coffee are part of one decision rather than three.

Espresso tonic, cortado, or the day's filter

For a first order, the espresso tonic is the most characteristic drink, bright and cold and a good read on the espresso underneath it. The cortado is the compact milk option and the iced oat latte the chilled one, while espresso, cappuccino and flat white keep things classic for anyone who wants them. If filter is on, take it: the single-origin V60 is the reason the shop exists and the order that shows the fruit-led roasting the counter favours. Ask what the current lot is, since the filter list turns over. There is carrot and apple juice for anyone not drinking coffee. Marsecchia was named in the 2025 European Coffee Trip Awards, which fits how it operates: small, specific and pointed entirely at the cup.