Paper Mill is a Tallinn roaster with its own bakery and three cafés. The flagship café and the roastery share the former fire station of the Tallinn Cellulose and Paper Factory, a building completed in 1912. The second café is in the Viru Keskus food hall in the city centre, and the third is Bakermill, Paper Mill’s bakery and café in the Volta district. The cafés serve seasonal coffee and freshly baked pastries. In 2026 Paper Mill placed 29th in Europe’s 100 Best Coffee Shops.

The coffee is roasted light on a Probat roaster, because roasting light is, by Paper Mill’s account, the only way the coffee can shine. It buys from suppliers who work closely with farmers and help them earn a dignified income, and wants a transparent supply chain. The house blend, Paper Mill Espresso, combines a Brazilian coffee from the Carvalho Dias family’s farm in Mogiana with a washed Ethiopian lot from the Refisa washing station. Its filter lots come from Ethiopia, Uganda, Honduras and Peru, and a Pulp series of Brazilian and Peruvian coffees is roasted a touch longer for home automatic machines. For every bag of its Halo Ethiopia, Paper Mill gives one euro to Project Waterfall, which supports clean water, sanitation and education in coffee-growing regions.

The bags are made only of plastic, PE and PET, so that they can be recycled, and the packaging is carbon compensated. Many of Paper Mill’s café and restaurant partners in Tallinn receive their coffee in reusable tins. At the roastery, workshops for up to seven people cover filter coffee, cupping and tasting, and an introduction to espresso and latte art; companies and larger groups can book a private workshop.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Paper Mill Coffee