In the heart of Ljubljana, at Krekov trg 9, you'll find a small café that preserves the tradition of genuine coffeehouse gatherings. Cafe Čokl is not just a place for a quick coffee on the go – it's a space where time slows down, and where people still truly connect.

A small Café with a big soul

This small café is often pleasantly full as early as 7 a.m. Customers share tables and chat with one another while the barista prepares their coffee drinks to order. It's one of the rare places in Ljubljana where visitors know each other, where everyone has their favorite corner, and the staff knows their regular drinks – and often even their specific preferences (special sugar, no saucer, no spoon…).

A genuine cup of coffee

The café's offering is quite selfish – the menu includes only what we ourselves like. And it's precisely this authenticity that makes Cafe Čokl so special. They place special emphasis on coffee freshness, roasting green coffee beans of known origin or fair-trade sources themselves, and preparing them in a variety of ways such as espresso and all espresso-based drinks, cold drip, V60, or Aeropress.

In addition to coffees of various origins, you can also order homemade tea – ginger in the winter, iced in the summer. There's also good lemonade, homemade tonic, and guaranine syrup. For those looking for something stronger, there are spirits from Domačija Vrabči, wines from Klet Brda, and beer from Ljubljana's Tektonik brewery. For milk-based drinks, they use milk from Mlekarna Planika.

More than just a Café

Cafe Čokl is also a coffee and equipment shop, as well as a fair-trade store. Freshly roasted coffee for home brewing can be bought whole-bean or ground – but you won't be taking it with you unless you bring your own container. This isn't a hurdle, but part of the café's philosophy of sustainability.

Basic coffee-making equipment is also available – coffee filters, manual grinders, Aeropress, Brikka, and more. In the café shop you'll also find fair-trade products: chocolate, sugar, cocoa, barley coffee, guaranine syrup, green and black tea.

A place for conversation

Although it's one of the smallest cafés in Ljubljana, it welcomes many coffee lovers who are almost always open to a conversation. It's a place for exchanging opinions and news, a place where people still gather the old-fashioned way. At a time when life is becoming faster and more virtual, Cafe Čokl remains an oasis of genuine human connection.

There's no rush here. There's time for conversation, time for reflection, time for excellent coffee. And maybe that's exactly what Ljubljana needs the most – a space where we can pause and truly connect with one another.

About our coffee & cocoa

We use raw coffee beans produced according to fair trade principles. We buy thrm within the fair trade system or directly from the coffee farmers.

We roast only fresh arabica beans and always choose the most suitables roasting profile. After roasting we let coffee "rest" for two days to give it a chance to develop its typical aromas and tastes. On the third day, freshly roasted coffee is ready for brewing. We use different preparation techniques, depending on the origin of the bean.

Cocoa drinks are also prepared with the fair trade ingredients – cocoa comes from Dominican Republic and Togo and raw cane sugar Mascobado come from Filipini.

Our coffee shop is located at Krekov Trg 9 in Ljubljana, in the immediate vicinity of the Puppet Theatre, the funicular railway and the Central Market – come and taste a range of freshly roasted coffees, prepared in unique ways.