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Freshly ground every day. Experience robust espresso, rich coffee, and all your favorite variations of French cafe beverages. In addition to specialty coffees, Crucial Coffee Cafe also offers freshly brewed loose leaf teas from around the world, fruit smoothies, local organic and gluten-free baked goods, and ice cream

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Crucial Coffee Cafe

Our coffee is world renowned. Crucial Coffee Cafe offers a unique cafe experience in the old Blacksmith’s Shop in historic St. Augustine. This is a South African family-owned cafe, originally founded by Wendy Relph twenty years ago. Great coffee, a friendly and professional staff, and the most charming tropical outdoor garden to sit and have your coffee await you!

Our coffee shop and adjacent restaurant are located on the corner of Charlotte St. and Cuna St. across from the St. Augustine Bayfront and the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in historic St. Augustine. Crucial Coffee Cafe is in the Old Blacksmith’s Shop, a reconstruction of an outbuilding located on the site during the British possession of Florida. Come in and see the original blacksmith’s oven that is still intact!