Kiosk Kohvik runs four cafés in Tallinn, numbered No1 to No4: No1 in the city centre, No2 in the Old Town, No3 in the Põhjala factory in Kopli and No4 in Kalamaja. All four pour coffee from Lykke Coffee Farms, known in Sweden as Lykke Kaffegårdar, which Kiosk also sells in its online shop.
Kiosk’s aim is not only to sell coffee but to make the coffee market better, by raising people’s knowledge of coffee. Every bag leaves with information on where that coffee comes from and who grew it and how. Lykke grows, buys and roasts its coffee itself, and owns its farms and its company together with the farmers. Its demonstration farms are in the highlands of El Salvador and Panama, in the Andes, on the Brazilian plateaus and in East Africa, where the coffee is grown organically and without monocultures.
Kiosk also teaches. A two-hour course covers the basics, from where coffee comes from to grind size, water and brewing methods, with plenty of tasting. There is also a beginner barista course, and a hand-brewing course for two to four people at Kiosk No4. Three of the cafés can be hired for events: No2 in the Old Town for up to ten people, with coffee and wine trainings on offer, No4 in Kalamaja for up to 35, and No3 in the Põhjala factory, the largest room, for up to 150, with a sound system and a screen.
Coffee on the shelf
- Lykke Coffee Farms roasts the coffee served in all four Kiosk cafés
Photograph: Kiosk Kohvik