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Café de spécialité · Paris

Specialty coffee in Paris

Roasters and brew bars from the upper Marais to the Canal Saint-Martin and Avenue Trudaine.

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A café de spécialité (specialty coffee shop) in Paris roasts lighter, brews to order and names the origin of its beans, where the traditional café served coffee that 2foodtrippers describes as often dark and bitter.1 La Caféothèque on Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville in the 4e is usually named as the first in France: it opened as Soluna Cafés in 2005, still roasts on site, runs a coffee school and does not allow laptops.1

The scene grew from abroad. In 2015 Time Out Paris described a slow change in which more coffee shops were opening under baristas who had worked in London, New York or Melbourne, and Christophe Servell of Terres de Café said those returning from Australia brought filter coffee and the AeroPress with them.2 KB on Avenue Trudaine opened in 2010 as Kooka Boora, and Ten Belles followed by the Canal Saint-Martin in 2012.1

Local tip: Télescope serves only Monday to Friday and closes at 15:00, so go on a weekday morning; at the weekend, Ten Belles on Rue de la Grange aux Belles opens at 09:00 and stays open until 17:30.

Where these cafés are: Le Marais (3e & 4e) (8), Canal Saint-Martin (10e) (6), Louvre & Les Halles (1er) (4), Oberkampf & Bastille (11e) (3), Opéra & SoPi (9e) (3), Montmartre (18e) (2), Bourse & Sentier (2e) (2), Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e) (2), Latin Quarter (5e) (2), Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e) (1), Batignolles (17e) (1), Montparnasse (14e) (1), Passy & Trocadéro (16e) (1), Gare de Lyon & Bercy (12e) (1).

At a glance

37Cafés listed
25With opening hours
07:45Earliest opening
19:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: KB Coffee Roasters, from 07:45 (Mon–Fri 07:45–18:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:30).
  • Closes latest: Café Lomi, until 19:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–19:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (57%), toilets (54%), smoke-free indoors (54%).
Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e)

Bel Horizon Coffee Roaster

  • 26 Boulevard Garibaldi
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 · Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–17:00
  • +33667051896
  • Takeaway
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Specialty
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Canal Saint-Martin (10e)

Ten Belles

  • 10 Rue de la Grange aux Belles
  • Mon–Fri 08:30–16:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–17:30
  • +33 9 83 08 86 69
  • Outdoor seating
  • Takeaway
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Pet-friendly
  • Specialty
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KB, Télescope, Lomi and the early roasters

KB Coffee Roasters, at 53 Avenue Trudaine in the 9e, opened in 2010, two years before Télescope.1 It opens at 07:45 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, earlier than most brew bars, and closes at 18:30 every day.

Télescope opened in 2012 at 5 Rue Villedo, near the Louvre, founded by Nicolas Clerc and his former partner David Flynn.1 It now serves on weekdays only, 08:30–15:00. Café Lomi, at 3 ter Rue Marcadet in the 18e, began roasting in 2010 and opened its café in 2012; owner Paul Arnephy was named a Meilleur Ouvrier de France (the state's top craft title) for roasting in 2018.1

What a pour-over costs in 2026

The price gap with the corner café is widest at the brew bar. On a May 2026 trip written up that June, the blogger Bex of Double Skinny Macchiato found V60s from €7 for the house coffee to €24 for a Gesha, Blue Mountain or Kopi Luwak at Café d'Auteur on Rue Mazarine and a €19 Gesha pour-over at Tanat on Rue Tiquetonne.3

Nine years earlier the same blog paid €3 for a cortado and €6 for a Chemex at Boot Café, and €3.50 for a cortado and €6 for a Kalita Wave at fringe.4 Tanat used to trade as Kawa.3

Upper Marais, the canal and SoPi

Le Marais has the most specialty bars, ahead of the Canal Saint-Martin, with Louvre & Les Halles, Opéra & SoPi and Oberkampf & Bastille next. In the upper Marais, Boot Café at 19 Rue du Pont aux Choux has just eight stools, and fringe, at 106 Rue de Turenne since 2016, is American-owned and known for its cookies.1 Yellow Tucan on Rue des Tournelles, Partisan on Rue de Turbigo and Tanat on Rue des Archives are a short walk away.

By the canal, Ten Belles at 10 Rue de la Grange aux Belles has roasted its own beans in Bonneuil-sur-Marne since 2019, and Holybelly on Rue Lucien Sampaix is known as much for pancakes.1 Brouillon on Boulevard de Magenta and Radiodays on Rue Alibert are close by. In SoPi, KB has a terrace on Avenue Trudaine, a stop before the climb to Sacré-Cœur.1 As late as 2017, Bex found few specialty bars around République compared with the Marais, the canal and Belleville.4

Opening hours: mornings, not evenings

Specialty bars keep daytime hours. Nearly all close by 19:00, and several well before: Ten Belles at 16:30 on weekdays, Brouillon at 16:30 and only from Monday to Friday, Holybelly at 17:00. République of Coffee on Boulevard Saint-Martin and Tanat on Rue des Archives are among the last to close, at 19:00 every day.

Weekend mornings start later, usually at 09:00 or 10:00: Café Lomi opens at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday, and Tanat on Rue Tiquetonne at 10:00 on both days. La Caféothèque keeps the same 09:30–19:00 every day of the week, so it is the easiest place for a Sunday afternoon cup.

Sources

  1. 16 Great Coffee Shops in Paris (Daryl and Mindi Hirsch), 2foodtrippers (August 29, 2023, updated October 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Le Parisien de la semaine : Christophe Servell, meilleur torréfacteur de France (Emmanuel Chirache), Time Out Paris (October 1, 2015), accessed October 2026
  3. The Paris Caffeine Chronicles: June 2026 Update, Double Skinny Macchiato (June 5, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. Paris Specialty Coffee Guide: September 2017 Update, Double Skinny Macchiato (September 29, 2017), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Specialty coffee in Paris: questions

What was the first specialty coffee shop in Paris?

La Caféothèque, on Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville in the 4e, is usually named as the first specialty coffee shop in Paris and in France. It opened as Soluna Cafés in 2005, still roasts its beans on site and runs a coffee school. Laptops are not allowed, and it is open every day from 09:30 to 19:00.

How much does a pour-over cost at specialty cafés in Paris in 2026?

On a 2026 visit, V60s at Café d'Auteur on Rue Mazarine ran from €7 for the house coffee to €24 for a Gesha, Blue Mountain or Kopi Luwak, and Tanat on Rue Tiquetonne charged €19 for a Gesha pour-over. In 2017 a Chemex at Boot Café in the Marais cost €6.

When did specialty coffee shops start opening in Paris?

La Caféothèque opened as Soluna Cafés in 2005. KB opened on Avenue Trudaine in 2010 as Kooka Boora, and Ten Belles and Télescope followed in 2012. By 2015 Time Out Paris was describing more coffee shops opening under baristas who had worked in London, New York or Melbourne.

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