The Brick is a coffee roastery and brew bar in Telliskivi, Tallinn, run by Telliskivi Kohvi OÜ. Henry Politanov, its founder, is the roast master. Märten Kuusemets handles technical questions and after-sales support, and Jan Kulbin looks after partnerships and training. The company has spent seven years selecting, roasting and brewing coffee.

Its mission is to bring out the best examples of coffee from each producing country, so that drinkers can taste the flavour profiles of different regions and meet the people behind them. The coffee is roasted light to keep each origin’s character. Every coffee is sold with its farmer or washing station, farm, variety, process and altitude, and some with the farm-gate and FOB prices paid. The current range comes from Nicaragua, Rwanda, Honduras, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala and Ethiopia, bought from producers such as Olman Valladarez in Nueva Segovia and the Monkaaba association in Huila.

Sustainability at The Brick covers three areas along the supply chain: people, planet and pay. It looks for producers who pay fair wages, ban child labour and invest in schools, hospitals and clean water, and for farms that collect rainwater, compost coffee pulp and grow coffee under shade. Its prices sit above commodity coffee so that more of the money reaches the farmers.

For cafés and offices, The Brick supplies coffee along with training, know-how and equipment. On 5 September 2026 it hosted the Estonian AeroPress Championship at its Telliskivi roastery, with 27 competitor places and a trip to the World AeroPress Championship in Mexico City for the winner.

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Photograph: The Brick Coffee Roastery