Minicafé Île Saint-Louis - coffeeshop, matcha and cookies
Café — Quartier Les Iles (Paris)
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Tucked away in the heart of Île Saint-Louis, Minicafé claims the title of Paris's smallest coffee shop, a 6 m² gem where passionate barista Loïc Antoine offers an intimate and refined coffee experience. A traveler who explored Asia and Scandinavia, he meticulously selects beans from Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Colombia, mainly from Finnish roasters Frukt. His menu features classics like espresso, latte, and cappuccino, alongside creative offerings such as dirty matcha and espresso tonic. His partner Léa Nghiem completes the offering with delicious homemade pastries: carrot cake, chocolate cookies, and banana bread. The 15-seat terrace provides a peaceful setting to enjoy these delights, making this mini-café a true hidden neighborhood treasure.
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1. Home 2. Shops 3. 4th arrondissement 4. Minicafé - Île Saint-Louis SERVICES & AMENITIES DRINKS : Espresso-based drinks Slow coffee drinks (ex: V60, Chemex…) Cold coffee drinks (ex: Cold brew, Tonic…) Regional specialties (ex: Phin, Cezve…) FOOD : Sweet SERVICE : Takeway Seating Outdoor Seating DESCRIPTION Minicafé - Île Saint-Louis offers a delightful array of coffee and homemade baked goods, making it a cozy spot to unwind in the 4th arrondissement. With a focus on espresso-based drinks and gentle extraction methods, the café invites you to savor each sip. The Slayer machine ensures a refined coffee experience, complemented by plant-based milk alternatives for those seeking a lighter touch. Enjoy your drink indoors or take advantage of outdoor seating on pleasant days. COMMON DRINKS PRICES Espresso 3 Americano 4 Flat white 6 Latte 5.5 Cappuccino 5.5 Chai latte 6 Matcha latte 6 Tea 7 The prices at Minicafé - Île Saint-Louis are moderately more expensive than the average in Paris. OPENING HOURS MondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturday 09:00 - 19:00 Sunday 09:00 - 19:00 EXTERNAL LINKS * Google Maps * Minicafé - Île Saint-Louis's website * Instagram (@minicafeparis) COFFEE SETUP Espresso machine : SPECIALTY COFFEE SHOPS AROUND MINICAFÉ - ÎLE SAINT-LOUIS
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The 25 Best Coffee Shops in Paris
Barista coffee drinks, homemade pastries, and extensive breakfast menus—which have long been surprisingly hard to find in Paris—earned these coffee shops their places on our list of the city’s best. FAUNA Located on rue Oberkampf, Fauna is a new addition to Paris’s coffee scene. Run by Filip and Jacob, a pair of serious enthusiasts, the place serves up flat whites, lattes made with both plant and animal milks, americanos, and matchas, as well as delicious sandwiches and their signature cinnamon rolls. CÉDRIC GROLET CAFÉ Famous for his trompe-l'œil creations—sweet treats disguised as pieces of fruits, perfectly crunchy pastries, and old-school cookies, Cédric Grolet added a new coffee shop, Cédric Grolet Café, to his ventures this winter. Located at 6 rue Danielle Casanova, it’s just a stone’s throw from the Opera. When he was at the helm of the pastry shop at Le Meurice hotel and his own bakery, Grolet was voted best pastry chef in the world in 2018. The new café offers seasonal specialties and hot and cold drinks (flat whites, lattes, cappuccinos, café frappés, and more) made with beans sourced from Ethiopia and Brazil. The homemade pastries are the main draw, however, including two new ones that have already become Instagram favorites: cream-filled croissant doughnuts and XXL cookie-pizzas. CANDLE KIDS COFFEE On rue des Couronnes in the 20th arrondissement, Candle Kids Coffee opened in 2023 with two brothers, Ernest and Martin, at the helm. With their Marzocco espresso machine and a bright, uncluttered decor, the café offers coffee in all its many forms and an in-house menu created by Ernest (he was formerly at the café at clothing shop the Broken Arm). Along with flat whites, cappuccinos, and lattes, there’s a cocoa infusion made with Plaq products, crispy toast topped with homemade jam, madeleines, and cinnamon rolls. The best part of the store, however, is its library, with its shelves filled with novels, art books, and magazines to peruse. HUDDLE On rue Notre Dame de Nazareth in the 3rd arrondissement, Huddle has a simple décor of round wooden tables and a similarly basic coffee shop menu. Made with a Marzocco machine, the various coffees, lattes with plant-based milks, flat whites, matchas, and iced coffees are served alongside satisfying pastries such as chocolate hazelnut cookies, pistachio cakes, and cinnamon rolls. BUDDY BUDDY Following its original location in Brussels, Buddy Buddy opened a Paris coffee shop in 2023. Just a stone's throw from the Canal Saint Martin, Buddy Buddy has a unique focus: artisanal nut butters, made in Belgium. These are incorporated into drinks like the signature Buddy with peanut butter and oat milk, the Praliné Moka, and an almond butter chai. CAFÉ NUANCES There’s a new Nuances location on rue de la Tremoille, following its rue Danielle Casanova and Saint-Germain-des-Prés cafes. The takeaway shop was designed by architectural studio Uchronia and the coffee drinks there are made from ethically sourced beans from Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Honduras. The drinks range from classics like flat whites and espressos to original Nuances recipes like rose and chestnut honey lattes. Other highlights include matcha and white-chocolate cookies, banana bread, and lemon poppy seed cake. ARTESANO Just steps from the Seine, across from the Ile Saint-Louis, Artesano is a bright new coffee shop that was founded by Arturo Valentino. A Mexican barista, photographer, and roaster, he has brought together all his different areas of interest and expertise here. You’ll find a variety of beans from Mexico and a remarkable number of coffee drinks as well—flat whites, lattes, espressos, Viennese-style coffees, and more. As you sip your drink, you can admire the photos hanging on the walls and the photography books on display. PETIBON Paris’s expert in British-style finger sandwiches prepares both savory (smoked salmon and cream cheese, pastrami with mustard, chicken with comté cheese) and sweet versions (coco-chocolate, matcha, a chocolate-hazelnut spread). Recently Petibon opened a new shop in the 2nd arrondissement (its third in Paris). As with the earlier locations, the new cafe was designed by the architects at Uchronia. It combines a charming old-school Parisian exterior with a bright and bold interior. RECTO VERSO Near the former Carreau du Temple market in the Marais, this coffee shop opened in February 2023 and it quickly found a loyal following. It’s easy to understand why: Bathed in light, it has a refined Scandinavian decor and a simple and satisfying menu. Choose from delicious coffees, banana breads, cookies, ham sandwiches, and cheesecakes. WHITE Another new Marais option, White opened in July 2022 on rue de Turenne. From 8 a.m. (9 a.m. on weekends) until 6:30 p.m., the boldly contemporary store sells a variety of beans from around the world. Equipped with a Marzocco machine, it also serves lattes, cappuccino, flat whites and other beverages with animal or plant milks, as well as juices and pastries. This April a second location—as bold and futuristic as the first—opened in the 10th arrondissement, at 50 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis. MINICAFÉ Right in the middle of Ile Saint-Louis, where Le Petit Grain bakery was once located, Minicafé opened its doors in February 2023 and claimed for itself the title of “smallest coffee shop in Paris.” In this tiny space, the baristas produce lattes (with animal or plant milks), allongés, and cappuccinos. Matcha, cookies, fresh fruits, and brownies are also on the menu. MARDI If you’re in search of a cup of coffee after visiting some of the sites in the 19th arrondissement, head to Mardi on rue de la Villette, a neighborhood favorite with a vaguely Scandinavian vibe. With its Marzocco Strada EP coffee machine, it offers a range of coffee drinks, as well as large chocolate and fleur au sel cookies, soft-boiled eggs, granola with yoghurt and fruit, and cinnamon rolls. TWO DOORS Located atop the hill of Montmartre, Two Doors opened in summer 2022. The staff are experts at preparing espressos, matchas, chai lattes, and mochas, as well as a delicious selection of homemade pastries. Must-try favorites include the melt-in-your-mouth Basque cheesecake, a vanilla-chocolate marble cake topped with Ferrero Rocher icing, and the black sesame cookie. A new coffee shop in the northern part of the Marais, The Coffee is the brainchild of Alexandre, Carlos, and Luis Fertonani. The three brothers decided to bring Japan’s takeaway coffee culture to their own country and opened the first store in Curitiba, in southern Brazil, in 2018. It was an immediate success and there are now The Coffee franchises in eight other countries, including nine stores in Paris alone. The Marais location, on rue des Gravilliers, offers a chance to live The Coffee experience which starts with ordering your drink on a tablet and then enjoying it while you admire the café’s cool and minimalist Japanese decor. LE PONT TRAVERSÉ Next to the Luxembourg Gardens, a former butcher’s shop with its vintage front was recently transformed into Le Pont Traversé, a coffee shop with its own unique character and charms. Led by Frédérique Jules, Ailleurs Studio is responsible for the refined décor with clay dishes and dramatic lighting. The menu features Mediterranean dishes and gourmet pastries (cookies, doughnuts, babkas, and more). All are accompanied by lattes, chai, and other full-bodied coffee favorites. NOIR You won’t have to go far to find a Noir coffee shop; they can be found in 10 of Paris’s arrondissements. Noir relies on eco-responsible roasted coffee and a trained army of baristas. Enjoy your drink on site and it will be served to you in beautiful Atelier Maen cup. The menu includes cappuccinos and lattes, including matcha ones, as well as CBD cookies and cheddar scones. CAFÉ KITSUNÉ Café Kitsuné already has locations on rue Rivoli, in the Galerie Montpensier, and on Place André Malraux; now it continues its love of full-bodied beans wit
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* Date Jun 11, 2024 * share “As mini as it is mimi” (French for “cute”): that could be the motto of this café decked out in blue and white tones with wooden accents, hidden away on Île Saint-Louis. It’s definitely tiny, but the quality can’t be beat! In this 6 m2 space, there’s barely enough room to place your order with Loïc Antoine, the barista who traveled extensively around Asia and Scandinavia before opening this coffee haven. There’s a vast array of classic drinks (espresso, latte, flat white, etc.), to take away or savor on the terrace that almost feels spacious compared to the shop itself (15 seats and all!). There are a few fusion options too, like dirty matcha, espresso tonic or even a salted caramel latte, all of which are made using beans from Ethiopia, Rwanda or Colombia, sourced mainly from the Finish roasters Frukt. But the subtly spiced chai is also 100% worth trying… and it pairs perfectly with the carrot cake made by Léa Nghiem, Loïc’s partner, who also bakes chocolate cookies and banana bread made by the book. // Anna Elisabeth THE HIDDEN GEM: The mung bean mochi (€3 each). Save this spot in the Fooding app, available on iOS! Download it now in the app store. * share * tags
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