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Vilnius · Lithuania

Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories

Since 2011 · Emanuelis Ryklys

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Overview

Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories was founded in 2011 by Emanuelis Ryklys, who left advertising after returning from abroad and started pan-roasting beans for friends — the early sales convinced him to make it a business. The Vilnius operation is filter-only by design (Ryklys's stance was that the city already had enough espresso) with a brew bar offering Chemex, syphon, AeroPress, and a hand-made Japanese nel drip from Minoru Ooya. The roastery now runs a 15kg Giesen and Ryklys wrote the first Lithuanian-language book about coffee, 'Let There Be Coffee.'

Known for

  • Founded 2011 by Emanuelis Ryklys — Lithuania's earliest specialty micro-roaster
  • Filter-only brew bar by design, no espresso served
  • Hosts the annual Dark Times international coffee conference
  • Author of the first Lithuanian-language book on coffee, 'Let There Be Coffee'
  • 15kg Giesen roaster; bespoke Bro brewer made from wood and linen

Why it matters

Crooked Nose introduced the third-wave model — filter-forward, education-led, single-origin transparency — to a market that had been dominated by espresso-and-cigarette café culture. The yearly Dark Times conference effectively built the Lithuanian specialty community by importing international guests and giving local baristas exposure, and Ryklys's book and tasting program set the tone for what specialty means in Vilnius.

Production

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head roaster
Emanuelis Ryklys
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roaster machine
Giesen 15kg
filter equipment
Chemex, AeroPress, Hario syphon, Japanese nel drip (Minoru Ooya), in-house Bro wood-and-linen brewer
cupping frequency
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roastery location
Vilnius, Lithuania
espresso equipment
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Café

V. Kudirkos g. 6, Vilnius

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