Kultivar Café is a coffee roaster in Hauts Pavés, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The shop shuts over lunch on every opening day, so aim for the morning or the middle of the afternoon.
Address: 2 Rue Sylvain Paris, 44000 Nantes
Cime roasts specialty coffee on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, seasonal microlots from Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Peru sold in bags or brewed.
Tip: The house also runs a coffee shop on Rue Santeuil, and tasting or brewing workshops are booked through the roastery.
Sources from: Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Peru
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TINTO pours its own roasts at a counter on Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc on the Île de Nantes, lots from Colombia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Brazil.
Tip: Filters go through V60, Aeropress, Origami or Chemex, and the beans are sold whole or ground to take away.
Sources from: Colombia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Brazil
How they serve: Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
Debotté Gautier keeps a brûlerie on Rue de Copernic in Nantes, roasting and selling coffee beside the chocolate counter that made the house's name.
Tip: The counter shuts for lunch between 13:00 and 15:00, and the group's salon de thé sits a few streets away on Rue Crébillon.
How they serve: Whole bean retail
Distillerie Fizet roasts coffee beside its gin still on the Île de Nantes, a micro-distillery whose counter turns out pastries through the day.
Tip: Coffee comes as espresso or soft filter, pastries run about €2.80 to €4.00, and the house bottles coffee and cacao liqueurs.
How they serve: Espresso, Filter
Cime roasts specialty coffee on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, seasonal microlots from Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Peru sold in bags or brewed.
Tip: The house also runs a coffee shop on Rue Santeuil, and tasting or brewing workshops are booked through the roastery.
Sources from: Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Peru
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Tip: There is no counter to sit at; L'Artichaut and other Nantes rooms pour the beans, and bags ship from the roastery itself.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Guatemala, Rwanda, Brazil, Colombia, Peru
How they serve: Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Tip: Orders ship nationally in about 72 hours, and deliveries inside central Nantes go out the same day by bicycle.
Sources from: Kenya, Honduras, Indonesia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
