Hidden Paris: La Fontaine de Belleville
Posted on September 20, 2019
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<p>In the capital of café culture, good coffee is surprisingly hard to find. But La Fontaine de Belleville stands out thanks to its roaster ties.When you think of best Parisian cafes, what do you picture? Perhaps a corner spot with small round tables and wicker chairs facing the street. Or maybe friends chatting over wine, or […]</p>
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Food and Drink in Paris The 7 Best Places for Coffee in Paris + Essential Coffee Vocab
Posted on August 22, 2019
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<p>In Paris, cafe culture runs deep. Coffee culture, well—as others have reported, it’s still developing. For many years, the only available coffee options in Paris were very average, at best. This is for a number of reasons, among them strict regulations for opening new cafes, France’s history of colonialism, and general lack of innovation in the field. But […]</p>
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How to Order Coffee in French Like You Know What You’re Doing
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<p>It seems like an easy task: ordering a coffee. But as with many things in France, there’s a right and a wrong way. French coffee culture is guided by a number of spoken and unspoken rules. There’s the somewhat confusing nomenclature, unique coffee shop dynamics and a strong tendency toward over-caffeination. As a visitor to France, however, […]</p>
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