The majority of cafés in Paris, France, still treat coffee as an afterthought: an early-morning caffeine delivery mechanism whose flavor is described solely as "strong" or "mild." It was never supposed to taste good; coffee in Paris was always about the experience of drinking coffee — lingering in a wicker chair with a cigarette and croissant — rather than the flavor of the coffee itself. But these two components, experience and taste, are no longer mutually exclusive. The third-wave explosion is taking over Paris ? and fast. Here's where you can find the best coffee in the city of lights:
—Adam Goldberg

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