Café Verlet
Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal
Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster, since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.
The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.
When Tom Clark and Antoine Nétien opened Coutume on rue de Babylone in 2011, a real La Marzocco bar, V60 and Chemex on the menu, beans roasted in-house, they effectively launched Paris's specialty-coffee era. The flagship still anchors the 7e between Sèvres-Babylone and Saint-François-Xavier; baristas grind to your method, the brunch is generous, and Coutume now supplies 60+ Paris bars and hotels with beans. Yes there are subsequent shops, but the Babylone original is the one that matters historically. For a visitor used to Istanbul's third-wave reference rooms, Coutume is the equivalent origin point.
The Babylone flagship is the one. A short walk from Le Bon Marché and the Rodin Museum.
At a Glance
View Type
Eiffel Tower, Seine River, Garden View
View Quality
Exceptional
Sunset
**** (4/5)
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