Sick of paying 4 euros for tasteless coffee in Paris , I bought a Nespresso machine, the smallest and cheapest one , and I now have stopped going out for coffee in the morning , which is a sad thing because that first contact with the world, standing at the bar with your newspaper drinking your warm drug of choice , is priceless. Nespresso also makes a brilliant little milk machine called a Milk Frother which gives you warm frothy ( not foamy, major difference ) milk in 30 seconds. It is genius !<\/p>\n
In Paris it is near impossible to get good coffee. Remember all those french films where families gather for breakfast around a big pile of croissants and steaming BOWLS of coffee ? Ok so a steaming bowl of milky coffee is what they are known for , normally used for dunking your croissants and pieces of baguettes ( the French dunk everything \u00a0, that is why they have such nice bread ) \u00a0, a steaming huge bowl of hot milk with a teaspoon of coffee or chicory , is like Nesquik , it is not a coffee, it is a nourishing hot \u00a0liquid where you throw stuff in. I do not know any other country that serves coffee in a big bowl. Do you ?<\/p>\n
After years of clients complaining at the Cafe De Flore , they finally got a proper machine and started serving strong espressos . They serve it with a little glass of water , they way it is served in real coffee loving places. That is so far the only place in Paris where I will drink coffee and pay the price , with an exception for the coffee shop at the concept shop The Broken Arm , in the Marais, where their coffee is, I must admit, very good.<\/p>\n
I have tried all the healthy places known for their breads and cakes like Bread and Roses, Rose Bakery and Le Pain Quotidien, but their coffees are not good, too milky. At the well-known cafes and brasseries in my neighborhood, i.e. La Palette, le Varenne, Le Rouquet \u2026.not good coffee, watery and milky.<\/p>\n
In New York we like \u00a0Cafe Gitane , on Mott Street, and La Colombe\u00a0on Lafayette between Prince & Houston , right by Supreme. And Third Rail coffee\u00a0which is on 240 Sullivan street ( thank you Nicole,Ryan and Charlie )<\/p>\n
Balthasar makes terrible coffee, great breads and breakfasts though.<\/p>\n
In Rome I recommend Il Baretto\u00a0on Via del Babuino which is one block off Piazza di Spagna and Bar Della Pace\u00a0on Via della Pace 2 blocks off piazza Navona. Both places serve your cup with the small glass of water on the side ( not a bucket of iced water with ice cubes like in America ). My roman friend Maria Cristina said that Cafe Sant’Eustachio \u00a0Piazza di Sant’Eustachio\u00a0is the best in Rome.<\/p>\n
In Miami I recommend \u00a0Puerto Sagua on Collin’s avenue , for the real cafe con leche or cortao , in a glass , as well as the 24-hour cafeteria at the Raleigh Hotel on South Beach. The ladies there make a killer cortado.<\/p>\n
In Los Angeles I recommend Coffee Commissary on Fairfax avenue, Huckleberries on Wilshire Bld ,in Santa Monica , and Joan’s On Third \u00a0( Third street between La Cienega and Fairfax ) and G&B Coffee at Grand Central Market downtown . I do not like the coffee at Urth , too milky and watery.<\/p>\n
If in doubt , a good indicator for a decent cup of coffee is wherever they serve Illy coffee.<\/p>\n
ok , gotta go now\u2026..to drink some coffee.<\/p>\n
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