The Coffee Sorbonne is a cafe in Paris.
The Coffee Sorbonne in Paris's 5e is the Japanese-style takeaway counter the São Paulo roaster opened in December 2023, two steps from the Sorbonne campus.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Order the V60 at the counter; the Cardinal Lemoine and Notre-Dame branches share the same Brazilian roast if Sorbonne is full.
Address: 8 Rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris
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. Order the filter coffee. Open mon-fri 08:30-17:00.
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. At 51 Galerie de Montpensier.
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. Open mon-fri 08:00-18:00, sat-sun 09:00-19:00.
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.
Tiba in Paris's 3e Haut Marais is the brutalist-minimal cafe Kevin Cerqueira and Linda Huynh opened in March 2025. Open tue-sun 10:15-18:00, closed mon.
Signature drink: V60 pour-over
Tip: Closed Monday. The V60 is the room's signature; the carrot cake and madeleines come out mid-morning.
