30 editor picks across France.
30 coffee roasters worth the trip across France, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All France guides.
L'Alchimiste in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the city's pioneer specialty roaster, opened 2014, with two cafes, a training programme and a wholesale book.
TipBeans rotate weekly; the El Salvador and Rwanda lots have been the consistently best-rated of the seasonal arrivals.
Deep Coffee Roasters in Marseille's 1er roasts on-site at Rue Glandeves, sourcing arabica from Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Myanmar and Ethiopia.
Mama Baker on Rue de Lepante in Nice's Carre d'Or runs a Riviera levain bakery with a small espresso and filter program, organic beans paired against.
Mokxa is the city's flagship third-wave coffee roaster, founded in 2011, with a Bellecordiere boutique, a Croix-Rousse cafe La Boite a Cafe and the roastery.
TipSingle-origin whole-bean retail across four boutiques; the cupping school is in the 1er.
Cime roasts specialty coffee on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, seasonal microlots from Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Peru sold in bags or brewed.
TipThe house also runs a coffee shop on Rue Santeuil, and tasting or brewing workshops are booked through the roastery.
La Pelle in Bordeaux's Chartrons is Carlos Pereira's specialty coffee bar and roastery on Rue Notre-Dame, opened 2016, with the imposing in-shop roaster.
TipPereira co-founded Coutume in Paris before relocating to Bordeaux; the Saturday morning queue for the cinnamon roll and filter set is the local tell.
Cafés MUDA roasts on Rue d'Arras in Lille for espresso and filter, with named lots including Ça Passe Crème from Brazil and Daanissa from Ethiopia.
TipFounder Dajo Aertssen is a double French Cup Tasters champion, so the tasting workshops are worth the money.
La Tisserie in Marseille's 7e is Gallien Jeanroy's coffee roastery and shop at Rue d'Endoume, arabicas from high-altitude family farms roasted daily.
De la Sierra Coffee Roasters roasts in Montpellier's Port Marianne and took best coffee shop in France at the Paris Coffee Show 2025 for the cafe side.
TipThe prize was Meilleur Coffee Shop de France 2025, one of three awarded at the show; buy the beans behind it at the counter.
Little Boho on Place Garibaldi runs the Petit Marais espresso bar of Melissa and Jean's daytime room, the city's most reliable flat white in a terrace seat.
Belleville Brûlerie in Paris's 19e is the third-wave roastery supplying most of the city's specialty cafes. At 14bis Rue Lally Tollendal. Booking recommended.
TipSaturday cuppings at 11:30 cost 20 euros and include a bag of beans.
MokLair is a micro-roastery and coffee bar on Rue Andrieux in Reims, roasting light and home to the 2025 French Barista Champion, open seven days a week.
TipThe coffee bar opens seven days a week; whole beans can also be ordered online at moklair.fr.
Coffee Makers on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille roasts weekly in a certified organic roastery, selling beans across the counter of its own espresso bar.
TipLudovic Fiers roasts in house every week, so ask for the most recent roast date.
Slake opened in 2015 as Lyon's second-wave specialty coffee bar, with beans sourced from local roasters Mokxa and Kaffa and a focused pour-over programme.
TipThe single-origin pour-over is the move; whole-bean retail also available.
Loutsa Torrefacteur is the 100% arabica Lyon roastery network, now operating multiple boutiques across Cordeliers, Jules Guesde, Monplaisir and Part-Dieu.
TipThe Cordeliers Place Albon counter is the most central; whole-bean by weight.
Celsius Roasters on Rue des Capucins in the Pentes de la Croix-Rousse roasts each week on-site, with a tasting bar attached to the production line.
TipSaturday closures; the cupping flight rotates by origin every fortnight.
Coutume in Paris is the city's longest-running specialty roaster, founded by Tom Clark and Antoine Netien in 2010. The 7e cafe doubles as the public roastery.
TipThe bar runs cupping every other Saturday at 11:00; the subscription delivers 250g monthly.
Le Cafe Cerise Torrefaction on Quai de la Daurade is Valentin Tihy's specialty coffee roastery and cafe. Reservations recommended in season.
TipAll coffees on the menu are roasted on-site and sold in beans by the kilo; the rotating filter of the day is the canonical try.
Brume de Café roasts traceable specialty coffee in a small workshop at the Créativa business nursery in Avignon, with tastings by appointment.
TipVisits are by appointment only, so phone ahead; the roasting workshop takes up to eight people per session.
Cafés au Brésil has roasted coffee in its shop on Rue des Fourbisseurs in Avignon since 1976, selling single-origin beans, tea and infusions.
TipThe shop marked 50 years of roasting in Avignon in 2026; on Thursday it opens only in the afternoon, from 14:30 to 19:00.
Black List in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the city's first third-wave coffee shop, opened 2014 by Sebastien Ferraris on Place Pey Berland, with rotating.
TipOpen every day of the week, which is rare in Bordeaux; the daily filter changes mid-morning.
La Boite a Cafe in Lyon's 1er is the Croix-Rousse slope specialty-coffee shop on Rue Abbe Rozier, run since 2023 by Amelie Michel and Terry Bernard.
TipRotating guest roasters from KB, Friedhats and Mokxa; scones and cookies at the counter.
Ben Mouture in Marseille's 7e is Benoit Roch's specialty coffee bar in renovated cellars, sourcing and roasting coffees like Aranga from Tanzania.
Café Machin roasts on Route de Sainte-Luce in east Nantes, equatorial origins sold to the city's coffee shops and shipped to home subscribers.
TipThere is no counter to sit at; L'Artichaut and other Nantes rooms pour the beans, and bags ship from the roastery itself.
La Brûlerie roasts on Rue de la Marne in central Nantes, organic lots from Kenya, Honduras and Indonesia beside a wall of teas and brewing kit.
TipOrders ship nationally in about 72 hours, and deliveries inside central Nantes go out the same day by bicycle.
Kultivar buys green coffee direct and roasts it on Rue Sylvain Pâris in Nantes, washed, natural and anaerobic lots from Ethiopia and Colombia.
TipThe shop shuts over lunch on every opening day, so aim for the morning or the middle of the afternoon.
Distillerie Fizet roasts coffee beside its gin still on the Île de Nantes, a micro-distillery whose counter turns out pastries through the day.
TipCoffee comes as espresso or soft filter, pastries run about €2.80 to €4.00, and the house bottles coffee and cacao liqueurs.
Patisseries LAC on Rue Barla pairs the Pascal Lac patisserie programme with an espresso counter, a daily stop for an espresso macchiato matched with one.
L'Arbre a Cafe in Paris 2e is Hippolyte Courty's specialty roaster on Rue du Nil. Single-origin biodynamic and fair-trade beans roasted in Paris.
Bourbon d'Arsel has roasted specialty coffee in Rennes weekly since 2017, a Rue de la Monnaie roastery and coffee shop rated top of the city's coffee bars.
TipThe slower, gentler roast profile is the house signature; ask which of the dozen origins was roasted that week.
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