Historical Cafes
Trieste's relationship with coffee seems to be indissoluble: regardless of the industrial reality, famous all over the world, Trieste is in many respects the city of coffee; They are local with a retro charm, a vestiges of a past citizen of undoubted European flavor, indissolubly linked to literature.
Trieste, without its historical and famous cafes, would not be the same: the time slows down until it stops, and it's not hard to imagine Stendhal, Joyce, Swabian or Saba while juggling their boiling drink. It is not unlikely even to meet Claudio Magris, a famous contemporary triestian writer, whom his cafes also celebrated in his writings, because they are his words, "Coffee is the place where you can stand alone and between people". To promote the culture of coffee and coffee, the "Le vie del caffè" event was conceived in 1998, which, year after year, animates the Christmas period: concerts, theater performances, scenes that, abandoned The stage people, move to coffee. But the special relationship that links the Triestines with this fragrant drink emerges from the talk. Often foreigners can not serve at the counter what they want because local terminology is a real puzzle: what will they ever be a "bossy boss" (Triestino cappuccino in glass with so much foam) or a "drop" (coffee with a drop of milk foam in the center)?
Today so-called historic cafes have become real tourist destinations. The main ones are:
- Caffè Tommaseo - Piazza Tommaseo, 4/c
- Caffè San Marco - Via Battisti, 18
- Caffè degli Specchi - Piazza Unità d’Italia, 7
- Caffè Tergesteo - Piazza della Borsa, 15
- Caffè Stella Polare - Via Dante, 14
- Caffè Pirona - Barriera Vecchia, 12
Trieste's relationship with coffee seems to be indissoluble: regardless of the industrial reality, famous all over the world, Trieste is in many respects the city of coffee; They are local with a retro charm, a vestiges of a past citizen of undoubted European flavor, indissolubly linked to literature.
Trieste, without its historical and famous cafes, would not be the same: the time slows down until it stops, and it's not hard to imagine Stendhal, Joyce, Swabian or Saba while juggling their boiling drink. It is not unlikely even to meet Claudio Magris, a famous contemporary triestian writer, whom his cafes also celebrated in his writings, because they are his words, "Coffee is the place where you can stand alone and between people". To promote the culture of coffee and coffee, the "Le vie del caffè" event was conceived in 1998, which, year after year, animates the Christmas period: concerts, theater performances, scenes that, abandoned The stage people, move to coffee. But the special relationship that links the Triestines with this fragrant drink emerges from the talk. Often foreigners can not serve at the counter what they want because local terminology is a real puzzle: what will they ever be a "bossy boss" (Triestino cappuccino in glass with so much foam) or a "drop" (coffee with a drop of milk foam in the center)?
Today so-called historic cafes have become real tourist destinations. The main ones are:
- Caffè Tommaseo - Piazza Tommaseo, 4/c
- Caffè San Marco - Via Battisti, 18
- Caffè degli Specchi - Piazza Unità d’Italia, 7
- Caffè Tergesteo - Piazza della Borsa, 15
- Caffè Stella Polare - Via Dante, 14
- Caffè Pirona - Barriera Vecchia, 12
