Sunday I went to the 5th edition of Paris Café Festival at Carreau du Temple in the Marais.
My first time to the Coffee Festival but definitely not my last.
What a blast of energy, fun and excitement. Can you smell the coffee? For the price of admission you can drink all the specialty coffees you can dream of. And hold onto your paper cup. You’ll be reusing it.
My coat is still full of coffee aromas and my pockets are full of coffee beans.
Do you know the coffee taster’s flavor wheel from SCA.
Your plan for the Festival.
Would you like your own coffee bean roaster? $3,500 from Aillio.
Or your own mini travel coffee bean grinder? About 230€ from Comandante.
I was fascinated by beautiful swan 🦢 neck kettles all the coffee stands used.
I was told there was only coffee ☕️ tasting. No food 🍔
I wrote about Coutume in 2011 on PB. They were the 1st specialty coffee house in Paris & laid the groundwork for an enormously popular trend.
I’m completely converted to coffee ☕️ culture.
I can’t remember who sent me these cute coffee ☕️ cup stamps. 👏 Raise your hand 👋 please. Thanks for reading PB!
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I immediately looked for a recipe for rye chocolate cookies. Thanks for the introduction to this treat
ReplyDeleteI included the recipe link Lynne. I was surprised to find it online too. Ten Bells used 70% chocolat noir Virunga Congo made by Encuentro available in bars at Grand Epicerie.
DeleteThank you soooo much for including the recipe! Nothing Blue Zone forbidden in this cookie!
DeleteDoes this you mean you drink coffee now?
ReplyDeleteUmm…no. But inhaling there was like a full cup of coffee ☕️
DeleteRick would love this. I'm not a coffee fan but I love the smell!
ReplyDeleteI cant drink it either - makes me even more hyper! But I Loved this event 👏
DeleteSO fun, Carol! We got into ‘coffee culture’ during covid lockdowns. In fact we have that Bonavita kettle…it’s a marvel at keeping your water at just the right temperature. We use the Chemex carafe and grind our own beans. Yum!
ReplyDeleteLove the coffee eep-stairs (hipsters) clothing…that grey felt hat! ❤️
Very hipster clothing 👍
DeleteYou have all those accoutrements!? Wow Fun
Alas I can't take credit for sending the stamps but when they came out I bought 3 books of them and made them last for a long time!
ReplyDeleteYour heart ❤️ is in the right place 😊
DeleteReally enjoyed all your photos from the Paris Cafe Festival. Love the colorful cups, the smell of coffee and was fascinated with the flavor color wheel. I absolutely love rye chocolate cookies with flake salt but have never made them myself. Thank you Carol for the link to the recipe. I also remember those forever coffee cup stamps. I wish I had bought a lot more of them. Guess I better go make a slow drip cup of coffee now. :) -Suzanne P.
ReplyDeleteYour comment made me laugh Suzanne 😂
DeleteLove your coverage of these kinds of events! Where can one find out what’s happening like this going forward? We’ll be in Paris in the first week of April and again in mid-September and I’d love to go to one of these food-centric events if any are happening then.
ReplyDeleteThe best way is to subscribe to the Eng edition of www.sortiraparis.com
DeleteThey send out 1-3 emails a day with detailed alerts.
And posters in the Metro - which won’t help you much Elizabeth
Hi Carol, It is so much fun to trip through Paris vicariously with you. I drink decaf every morning, going through a French press ritual. It's delicious and pretty fun. There is something about a morning ritual that is so satisfying -- maybe especially to those of us who love craft.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean…I used to concoct mocha ☕️ with decaf + hot chocolate + cocoa powder + milk. But I gave it up for thé vert/menthe tea when I developed an allergy to milk 😳 I miss the ritual.
DeleteHi Carol, how divine! I love, love, love coffee. I have coffee after dance class 2X a week with my classmates. They would love this!
ReplyDeleteI think it’s an international festival Barb
DeleteThe woman in your second photo immediately reminded me of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought the woman pouring the kettle was Vermeer-esque. There are many Vermeers walking around.
DeleteHow wonderful! I love coffee and would be over the moon on a place like this. All the coffee you desire and tasting different flavours. Thank you for this, lovely reading ☕
ReplyDeleteLove that you went to this, Carol. Also intrigued by that coffee flavour wheel - your photos and descriptions do make it possible to even smell it!
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