Cafes in Paris

A Paris café that takes the Italian espresso tradition seriously—proper crema, correct temperature, and the kind of bar atmosphere that the French capital has historically failed to provide. A useful correction in a city better known for its café culture than its actual coffee.

Paolina Caffè | Coffee Shop Italien - Paris 2ème - Sentier is a coffee shop.

Blondie Coffee Shop in the 9th arrondissement is one of Paris's most beloved specialty cafes, earning extraordinary ratings through consistently excellent espresso and filter coffee in a bright, welcoming space that the neighborhood has claimed as its own.

A Paris specialty café that brings third-wave discipline to the Right Bank in a room whose name and atmosphere suggest a gentler pace than the city usually permits. Carefully sourced, well prepared, and easy to return to.

Ha Noi 1988 Flowers and Archives is a Paris café and flower shop that brings Hanoi's old-quarter coffee culture to the French capital, combining Vietnamese coffee ritual with an archivist's love of printed matter and bloom.

A Le Marais bubble-tea counter built on a Taipei sourcing program — the kind of compact, single-ingredient-obsessed Paris café that has defined the city's decade-long catch-up to Asian tea culture.

A specialty coffee shop on Rue de la Renaissance in the 8th arrondissement — one of the more reviewed quality cafés in a Parisian arrondissement better known for finance than coffee culture.

A Taiwanese-style bubble tea and coffee shop near the Palais-Royal with minimalist interiors and authentic teas, the brand's precise sourcing and unhurried preparation giving it the character of a specialty tea house rather than a quick-service chain in one of Paris's most architecturally considered neighbourhoods.