Karjase Sai ★ 4.6
Karjase Sai on Marati in Kopli is a small Estonian sourdough bakery that ferments and bakes fresh rye and pastries Tuesday to Sunday, plus specialty coffee.
Estonian sweet braided bread scented with cardamom, raisins and citrus zest, baked golden and brushed with butter. The everyday coffee bread, sold at Maiasmokk on Pikk since 1864.
The kringel arrived in Estonia from Northern Germany through the Hanseatic League merchants of the 13th and 14th centuries, who controlled the Baltic bread trade. Estonian bakers adapted it with cardamom and raisins to fit local pantries. By 1864 Maiasmokk on Pikk had standardised the Tallinn version: long braided ropes scented with citrus zest, baked golden and brushed with butter. It remains the standard sweet bread of Estonian breakfast and afternoon coffee.
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Maiasmokk ★ 4.5
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
OrderHot chocolate and a piece of hand-painted marzipan; the kringel sweet bread is the everyday order.
TipThe marzipan room runs an audioguide tour. Cake counter at the door for takeaway.
RØST Bakery ★ 4.5
RØST on Rotermanni is a Scandinavian-leaning bakery in the converted Nisuveski grain-mill building with sourdough loaves, cardamom buns and cinnamon buns.
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Tallinn: Prangli Island Day Trip with Lunch & Ferry
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