Vecriga, Riga  ·  Est. 2019

Slow coffee, shaped by the Baltic.

A small specialty bar on Kalku iela. Single-origin beans, brewed one cup at a time, in the old town where cobblestones meet the Daugava.

Today Open until 19:00
Roast Single-origin, light
Brewed on Modbar, Acaia, V60
Three cups of latte with leaf-pattern latte art on a wooden table, framed by rosemary plants Kalku iela 7
Our Story / Musu stasts

A small bar in the old town, built around the cup.

Melno Vilnu began in 2019 as a window-sized espresso bar in a 19th-century merchant house. The name means Black Wave, a nod to the cold Daugava that rolls past the end of our street and to the deep, dark roast we built our reputation on.

We roast on a 1 kg drum in the back of the shop. Every bag is dated, hand-stamped, and brewed by the people who roasted it. Nothing here is rushed. Nothing here is franchised.

Our baristas speak Latvian, English and Russian, and they will happily tell you where a bean grew, who picked it, and how to brew it at home.

7+ Origins rotating
1kg Drum roaster
2019 Opened on Kalku
Sourcing / Izcelsme

Beans we know by name.

We buy direct from farms and cooperatives, never through anonymous brokers. Every coffee on our bar has a farm, an altitude, a varietal, and a story on the bag.

Our roasts lean light. We want to taste the place a coffee came from, not the roaster. That means a Nordic-style profile, developed gently in a 1 kg drum, rested 7 days before service.

When a harvest ends, we rotate. When a farmer visits Riga, we put them on bar. Coffee is a relationship, not a SKU.

Reinis Kalnins Head roaster & founder
7+ Origins on rotation
6 Single-origins on bar
7d Rest before service
Ethiopia

Yirgacheffe Konga

Ethiopia · Heirloom

Alt.
1,950 m
Body
Light
Roast
City

Jasmine, bergamot, white peach.

Colombia

Finca El Paraiso

Colombia · Caturra

Alt.
1,750 m
Body
Med
Roast
City+

Lychee, rose, brown sugar.

Kenya

Nyeri Karatina AA

Kenya · SL28

Alt.
1,800 m
Body
Med+
Roast
City

Blackcurrant, tomato, cane syrup.

Guatemala

Antigua Pastoral

Guatemala · Bourbon

Alt.
1,650 m
Body
Full
Roast
Full City

Milk chocolate, hazelnut, plum.

Brazil

Fazenda Santa Ines

Brazil · Yellow Bourbon

Alt.
1,200 m
Body
Heavy
Roast
Vienna

Toffee, almond, dried apricot.

El Salvador

Apaneca Ilamatepec

El Salvador · Pacamara

Alt.
1,500 m
Body
Full
Roast
City+

Honey, red apple, marzipan.

Visit Us / Atrodi mus

Find us in Vecriga.

Halfway between the House of the Blackheads and St. Peter's Church, on the cobbled stretch of Kalku iela. The door is small, the line is shorter than you think.

Address

Kalku iela 7
Vecriga, Riga LV-1050
Latvia

Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 08:00 - 19:00
Saturday - Sunday 09:00 - 18:00
Melno Vilnu

Kalku iela 7, Vecriga, Riga LV-1050

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