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Paris Coffee Culture

Tags: #coffee/geography #coffee/geography/europe #coffee/culture Aliases: Paris specialty coffee, French coffee scene Related: Specialty Coffee MoC | Nordic Coffee Philosophy Status: 🌱 Stub


Overview

Paris underwent a specialty coffee transformation from around 2010, as a new generation of independent cafés — including Telescope, Coutume, Dose, and Ten Belles — moved away from the traditional French café's dark-roasted Robusta espresso toward single-origin, light-roasted specialty coffee. This shift represented a significant departure from a deeply entrenched café tradition and reflected the influence of Nordic and Australasian specialty movements on a city with a historically resistant coffee culture.

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