10 Best Specialty Coffee Shops in Paris
Here’s a peek into my favorite specialty coffee shops in Paris. Last summer, needed desperately to decompress from a failed PhD program...
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Lacey Ramirez
Dec 18, 20185 min read
Sharing Coffee at Coutume Café with France’s Champion Barista
For the final Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down for coffee with Caroline, France’s Champion Barista and Wholesale Manager at...
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Lacey Ramirez
Dec 15, 20185 min read
La Fontaine de Belleville bridges the gap between “café” and specialty coffee
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Thomas, the co-founder of La Fontaine de Belleville to discuss his mission to...
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Lacey Ramirez
Oct 24, 20185 min read
Making Macarons in Paris
The sugary sparkle of macarons bejeweled the summer that I lived in poverty in Marseille, France. The city was a glaring contrast of rich...
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Lacey Ramirez
Oct 3, 20185 min read
How to host the world's best vegan tea party
One of my favorite activities as a girl was to play tea party. Each day at precisely 3’o’clock, I would dress my teddy bear to the nines,...
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Lacey Ramirez
Sep 12, 20186 min read
High on chocolat? What to expect from a Parisian cacao ceremony
As a child, chocolate was my weapon of choice. I lived with desserts on lock-down in a nutrition-conscious home. I nibbled at my main...
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Lacey Ramirez
Sep 5, 20184 min read
Matamata and the Rise of the Coworking Space
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Gaël, the co-founder of Matamata to discuss the rise of the co-working space and...
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Lacey Ramirez
Aug 30, 20186 min read
KB Cafeshop and the rise of the superbarista
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Nicolas, the Founder of KB Cafeshop to discuss the rise of the superbarista and...
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Lacey Ramirez
Aug 21, 20185 min read
Holybelly: A Taste of Melbourne in Paris
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Nico, the Founder of Holybelly, to discuss his intention to bring a little taste...
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Lacey Ramirez
Aug 15, 20186 min read
Ten Belles: Where Wine May Be the Answer to Coffee
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I spoke with Anselme, the owner of Ten Belles, to discuss the ways in which wine may be the...
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Lacey Ramirez
Aug 7, 20186 min read
Café Lomi and the Moral Dilemma of the $5 Latte
For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Paul, a roaster at Café Lomi, to discuss the city’s coffee scene and the ethical...
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Lacey Ramirez
Jul 30, 20184 min read
Paris Specialty Coffee Spotlight: Café Loustic
The Paris Coffee Revolution has built upon the café culture of the city to include space for specialty coffee. Characteristically burnt...
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Lacey Ramirez
Jul 24, 20185 min read
Shakespeare and Company’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
My initial impression of Shakespeare and Company was far from love at first site. As a 14-year-old on my first trip to Paris, I couldn’t...
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Lacey Ramirez
Jul 17, 20186 min read
5 Ways to Make Coffee: A Voyage to Discover “True Coffee” at La Caféothèque, Paris
« Qu’est-ce qu’un vrai café ? » (“What is ‘true coffee’?”) was the opening question of a two-hour training at La Caféothèque. In any...
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Lacey Ramirez
Jul 10, 20188 min read
A day in a writer's life in Paris
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young (wo)man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for...
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Lacey Ramirez
Jul 3, 20186 min read
My blind date in Paris
I felt butterflies fluttering wildly in my stomach as I approached the door for my fateful blind date. The waiter at the reception said...
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