L'Arbre à Café Rue du Nil

The first L'Arbre à Café shop, on Rue du Nil in the Sentier quarter, a narrow pedestrian street better known for its food shops and bistros than for coffee. The brand says this address has a special flavour for being first, and the team here still greets visitors with the aim of introducing them to a new favourite coffee.

It works more as a roastery counter than as a place to settle in for the afternoon, with chalkboards outside the door and shelves of the brand's organic and biodynamic beans from its own farms in Peru and Ethiopia and from growers it buys from directly. Arrive for a coffee to take away or to stock up on beans, since Rue du Nil is also a handy detour from the Montorgueil market streets, and it is open on Mondays.