13.32.a - Coffee in France: which type are you - €1 or €5

Life is too short to have "lousy" coffee when in France. The history of coffee in France + tips on what to order and where find the best coffee in Paris + where to find the €1 café too.

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1. Coffee in France: which type are you - €1 or €5
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1. Coffee in France: which type are you - €1 or €5

By now most of you know that I’m an Australian harking from Melbourne, way down south in the Antipodes. Australia is multicultural and in Melbourne, the early migrants originated from Europe. Those migrants introduced us to many wonderful drinks and food, including espresso! In Melbourne we’re fussy about our coffee, but why is that so?

Why do Melburnians so love their coffee?

Let’s look at Melbourne before we go to France… It all started with Melbourne’s magnificent coffee palaces of the 1880s when the temperance movement urged Melbournians to ditch booze and drink morally superior coffee instead. Happily, we no longer need to choose one or the other – but something big had begun.

Watch this video to join Changing face of Victoria Curator Linda Short as she basks in our city’s long-term affinity with the latte, which has not only cured countless cases of morning fogginess but has also influenced local innovation and culture. 

So when a Melburnian hits Paris, the search is on for the best coffee, it’s natural for us, it’s what we do. Bad or ‘lousy’ coffee as we’d call it, is never acceptable.

[Read on to learn about the 2 categories of coffee, know what the difference is + discover a program in Paris to make coffee a more accessible price + artisanal coffee map of Paris + a map of where to find the €1 café in Paris]