Paris Café Festival 2024 (9-11 March)

 

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. 

Have you tried specialty coffees? This is a cupping tasting table. Sniff, inhale, slurp, taste.

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. 

Bonavita kettles control and vary the temperature of the water

I was told there was only coffee ☕️ tasting. No food 🍔 

I ate the best chocolate rye cookie sprinkled with sea salt 🍪 I ever tasted from Ten Bells at the Festival. 

I chatted with Cafe Coutume owner, Aussie Tom Clark. 

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 see Cyril Grolet just opened a coffee shop with ‘pizza’ style slice cookies loaded with nutz 🥜 & icing.

I’m completely converted to coffee ☕️ culture. 

I can’t remember who sent me these cute coffee ☕️ cup stamps. 👏 Raise your hand 👋 please.

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Paris Coffee Cups Letter