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Looking back: first light, first coffees and sea air on a French port. 

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The cup alone made this Japanese-inspired French pâtisserie-tea salon worth a linger.

 Above: petal-kissed rhubarb tarte du jour

Niwa

56 rue Vaneau 75007

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Beating the heat with cafés glacés, for the asking even if not on the menu.

 

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Paris runs on coffee... One espresso at a time.

  

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Face-à-face yet miles apart.

Malongo Atelier Barista

50 rue Saint-André des Arts 75006

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Un café noisette, bien blanc, sans mousse, on rue Cler.

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Today is le 14 juillet, la Fête Nationale Française

 

Happy Bastille Day 2025

 

🇫🇷

 

Window Wednesday

 

  

This stylish coffee shop housed at the entrance of the Galerie Richer, a former passage, is a standout with its soaring black wrought-iron glass portal, elegant old-world interior and high-quality, ethically sourced Arabica beans, roasted in-house at their Saint-Ouen atelier.

 

NOIR

33 rue Richer 75009

 

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A trio of mini desserts: a Mother's Day Café Gourmand

Above: an espresso takes a back seat to crème brûlée, a crumbly pastry, a scoop of salted butter caramel ice cream

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For those with a sweet tooth the Café Gourmand, often mistakenly passed over as "gourmet coffee," is a welcome sight on any menu. It's that delightful after-meal espresso served with at least three mini desserts (posing as one). A unique French coffee-plus-sucré pairing concept, it's perfect for sharing, or just sampling some of the day’s desserts without going overboard. - BPJ

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Fête des Mères / Mother's Day in France 2025:

Sunday May 25

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Good Morning.

 

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A frothy café crème, an espresso and chaussons aux pommes pastries start the week.

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 Warming cups of coffee at a café near the river.

 

Sipping Sunday

Hot spiced wine, hot chocolate, mint tea, coffees and fresh orange juice stand in the courtyard of Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartre.

 

Window Wednesday

 

Popular café where chef/author Anthony Bourdain might have been spotted just beyond the windows at its horseshoe-shaped marble counter.

Au Petit Fer à Cheval

30 rue Vieille du Temple 75004

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 A morning café crème.

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Shout out to my devoted visitor - visitors? - in Germany who checked out this blog almost 12,000 (!) times within 24 hours, a record. Enjoy, and if you need to send a message you can use the comment section on any photo and I will receive it. Thanks for your devotion, and a big thank you to all my visitors. - BPJ

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An espresso with a butter cookie caps off an October evening.

 

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An afternoon coffee in the Latin Quarter.

 

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Most Paris cafés will happily serve up a café glacé, iced coffee, with or without milk, though it's rarely on the menu.

 Above: chunks of ice dominate a frothy café noisette

 

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From the inside out.

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Buildings reflected on a Left Bank tabletop.

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Morning coffee in the Latin Quarter.

 PAUL

corner of rue de Seine / rue de Buci 75006