Foamy Friday

 

What can happen when you forget to say, "No foam please"! 

Above: a café noisette gone wild at a Paris café

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

Friday find

 

A medieval moment on a Marais back street. 

 

Minicafé

10 rue des Barres 75004 

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 Cloudy with a chance of coffee.

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In their own world.

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

  

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If coffee be the food of love… alors, deux express.

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Expresso yourself... One macaron at a time.

 

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Hot coffee in the heart of Strasbourg's Old Town on a brisk morning.

 

PARIS - STRASBOURG

 3 hours (or less) from Paris

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 Just as a good cup of coffee can start the day off right today's La Rentrée starts a fresh new chapter.

 

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When Woody Allen described New York as a place where “you always feel there’s something around the corner that’s going to be stimulating” he might as well have been talking about Paris. Every cobblestone, every hidden café and fleeting glance whispers adventure. The city doesn’t just inspire, it electrifies, with a kaleidoscope of sights, sounds, and stories that change with every sunrise.

 

Today’s Rentrée isn't just a student re-boot, it's for everyone. It marks the return to life after the summer lull, and for urban explorers, photographers, and writers, the city remains a playground of discovery. So grab a map and dive in - Paris is calling. - BPJ

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View from a table.

 

Above: a café noisette (strong espresso w/its small pitcher of hot milk); an espresso

 

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In France, strong black espresso is the preferred coffee after lunch or dinner and a café crème is the coffee choice of the morning. Order a café in France and you will get an espresso. Order an espresso and, while the waiter will understand, in French it’s a café express. The noisette is an express with a nice drop of milk. Sometimes I order an express with hot milk (it won’t be cream) on the side to add as I like, and it’s still considered a café noisette. In Spain the café noisette is a cortado, and while it's starting to appear under the Italian name macchiato - an excuse to make it more expensive - a café noisette should only cost slightly more than an espresso. - BPJ

 

 

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Face-à-face yet miles apart.

Malongo Atelier Barista

50 rue Saint-André des Arts 75006

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

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Morning papers, morning coffee to the news of the Los Angeles fires splashed across pages.

 

 

Table Tuesday

 A cozy setting, a table for two.

 

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An espresso and café crème from a back street coffee shop behind Place Clichy.

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

 

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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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Monday morning in Paris coffee fresh start. 

 

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 An espresso balanced atop a café noisette.