Angelina in Paris has poured the chocolat l'Africain hot chocolate at the same Rue de Rivoli tea room since 1903. The Mont-Blanc chestnut pastry is its second act.
Tip: The line is for tourists; the take-out counter is fast and the chocolate travels in a flask.
Address: 226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Dose Dealer de Café in Paris's 5e is the Mouffetard-side specialty cafe that supplies the Sorbonne with single-origin espresso and a brunch carte at the weekend.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: The brunch from 10:00 weekends is the steal; the laptop tables sit by the back window.
Yellow Tucan in Paris's 4e is the Marais-side micro-roaster with a single counter, rotating Latin American single origins, mostly Colombian and Peruvian.
Signature drink: Pour-over
Tip: The bench seats are for short stays; for longer work, head to Fragments three blocks north.
Telescope in Paris was one of the first third-wave coffee bars in the 1er, opened by Nicolas Clerc in 2012. A tiny room, sharp espresso, no laptops at peak hours.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Laptops fine before 10:30 and after 14:30. The kouign-amann from Ten Belles is the pair.
Ten Belles in Paris is the canal-side cafe that gave the 10e its third-wave centre. Anna Trattles and Alice Quillet's cardamom buns sell out by 11:00.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: The bigger sister Ten Belles Bread on Rue Breguet bakes the bread; the cafe pulls the coffee.
Café Kitsuné in Paris's Palais-Royal gardens is the fashion-label cafe that helped reset Parisian matcha standards. Six terrace seats, take-away counter inside.
Signature drink: Matcha latte
Tip: The terrace catches gallery light all afternoon. Order matcha cold-brew in summer.
Coutume Café in Paris's 7e is the laboratory cafe of the city's longest-running specialty roaster. Brewing methods rotate weekly; the espresso bar runs all day.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Order the day's filter on a V60 first, then a flat white; the bar will tell you which Ethiopia is up.
